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Ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Δια τας τρεις παραβασεις του Ιουδα και δια τας τεσσαρας δεν θελω αποστρεψει την τιμωριαν αυτου, διοτι κατεφρονησαν τον νομον του Κυριου και δεν εφυλαξαν τα προσταγματα αυτου και επλανησαν αυτους τα ματαια αυτων, κατοπιν των οποιων περιεπατησαν οι πατερες αυτων·
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Οθεν, επειδη καταθλιβετε τον πτωχον και λαμβανετε απ' αυτου φορον σιτου, αν και ωκοδομησατε οικους λαξευτους, δεν θελετε ομως κατοικησει εν αυτοις· αν και εφυτευσατε αμπελωνας επιθυμητους, δεν θελετε ομως πιει τον οινον αυτων.
634. Verses 3, 4. And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
3. "And I will give unto my two witnesses," signifies the good of love and charity, and the truth of doctrine and faith, both from the Lord. n. 635); "and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days," signifies that they shall teach, and what shall be taught, even to the end of the old church and the beginning of the new n. 636; "clothed in sackcloth," signifies in mourning because of the non-reception of Divine good and Divine truth n. 637.
4. "These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands," signifies celestial good and spiritual good, or the good of love and the truth of that good n. 638; "standing before the God of the earth" signifies which are the Divine things proceeding from the Lord, and are His in heaven and in the church n. 639.
