248. Whenever therefore a person was looking to heavenly things he was said to be walking erect, or what is the same, to be looking upwards or forwards; but whenever he was looking to bodily and earthly things he was said to be bent down towards the ground and to be looking downwards or backwards, as in Leviticus,
I am Jehovah your God, who brought You forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you go erect. Lev 26:13.In Micah,
You will not remove your necks from it nor go erect. Micah 1:3.In Jeremiah,
Jerusalem sinned grievously, therefore they despised her, for they saw her nakedness; yea, she herself groaned, and turned away backwards. From on high He sent fire into my bones and made me return backwards; He made me desolate. Lam 1:8-13.In Isaiah,
Jehovah your Redeemer turns wise men backwards and makes their knowledge foolish. Isa 44:24, 25.
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