Hosea 8:9

⁹ Ty väl hava de dragit åstad upp till Assur, lika vildåsnor som gå sin egen väg, ja, väl vill Efraim köpslå om älskog;

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #191

191. Internal Meaning of Hosea, Chapter 8

1-7 They have perverted the church; they have turned its goods and truths into evils and falsities. (3)

8-11 By reasonings from the natural man they have put off everything of the church, (3)

12-14 and also everything of the worship of the church; therefore they cannot but perish. (3)

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