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Und nun, wenn du ihre Sünde vergeben wolltest! ...Wenn aber nicht, so lösche mich doch aus deinem Buche, das du geschrieben hast.
2 Mose 32:32
Psalm 74:2
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Gedenke deiner Gemeinde, die du erworben hast vor alters, erlöst als dein Erbteil, des Berges Zion, auf welchem du gewohnt hast!
Arcana Coelestia # 10504
10504. 'And now, if You forgive their sin' means, nevertheless this turning away from the Divine will not be an impediment. This is clear from the meaning of 'sin' as a turning away from the Divine, as above in 10498, 10502; and from the meaning of 'forgiving it' as its not being an impediment to raising the internal things of the Word, the Church, and worship from their external things, nor thus to establishing contact with the heavens. For when these things are nonetheless accomplished no attention is paid to the turning away; and that to which no attention is paid is said to have been forgiven.
