Arcana Coelestia # 9053
9053. 'Hand for hand' means if anything of the power of spiritual truth is injured or wiped out by them. This is clear from the meaning of 'hand' as the power that comes from truth, 3091, 3387, 4931-4937, 6292, 6947, 7188, 7189, 7518, 7673, 8050, 8153, 8281, [in particular] the power that comes from spiritual truth, 5327, 5328, 7011.
Isaiah 5:7
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For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
