Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7782

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7782. 'And there will be a great cry in the whole land of Egypt' means deep grief. This is clear from the meaning of 'a cry' - which goes up because the firstborn are dead, in the internal sense because of damnation - as grief. The reason why 'a great cry' means deep grief is that the greater the grief, the deeper it is.


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