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Hosea第8章:8

⁸ Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

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Israel

'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.

In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.

(参考: Apocalypse Explained 768)

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Hosea第5章:4

⁴ They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.