Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8166

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8166. 'What is this you have done to us, to bring us out of Egypt?' means that their deliverance from molestations by falsities had been to no avail. This is clear from the meaning of 'what is this you have done to us?' as that it had been to no avail; from the meaning of 'being brought out' as being delivered; and from the meaning of 'Egypt' as molestations, dealt with immediately above in 8165.


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