Jeremiah 43:4

⁴ So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah.

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #109

109. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 43

1-4 But this was not done. (2, 1)

5-7 They consulted the knowledges [scientifica] of the natural man. (2)

8-13 Thus they will perish by reasonings from these, and the knowledges themselves would be perverted by adapting them to falsities. (2)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.