Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7168

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7168. 'He has done ill to this people' means that at that time those governed by the Church's truths and forms of good seemingly suffered harm from the falsities that had been introduced. This is clear from the meaning of 'doing ill' as doing harm by introducing falsities, here seemingly to suffer harm, for those who undergo molestation and temptation cannot in fact suffer harm from falsities that have been introduced because the Lord protects them; and from the representation of the children of Israel, to whom 'people' refers here, as those governed by the Church's truths and its forms of good, as above in 7162.


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