Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6568

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6568. 'And said, Behold, we are your slaves' means that they will not be their own master. This is clear from the meaning of 'slaves' as being without freedom of one's own, thus not being one's own lord and master, dealt with in 5760, 5763.


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