1566. That 'tents' are his worship which was separating itself from the internal man becomes clear from the meaning of 'a tent' as the holiness of worship, 414, and also from the representation of 'Lot' as the external man to which tents, or worship, have reference. That 'tents' in the contrary sense means worship that is not holy also becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Hosea,
The nettle will inherit those things, the bramble will be in their tents. Hosea 9:6.
In Habakkuk,
I saw the tents of Cushan, the curtains of the land of Midian shook, Jehovah was angry with the rivers. Hab 3:7, 8.
In Jeremiah,
Shepherds and their flocks will come against the daughter of Zion; they will pitch their tents against her round about; they will graze, each off his own space. Jer 6:3.
In David.
He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of strength in the tents of Ham. Ps 78:51.
In the same author,
I have chosen to stand by the threshold in the house of my God rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Ps 84:10.
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