Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7160

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7160. 'Let Jehovah see you and judge' means Divine disposal. This is clear from the meaning of 'let Jehovah see and judge' as Divine disposal, for what Jehovah sees and judges He disposes. 'Seeing' means Divine perception, or Foresight to be exact, while 'judging' means Divine bringing into order, His Providence to be exact. Since these things are meant in the internal sense by those words it was customary, when someone was at fault for evil that occurred, to say, Let Jehovah see and judge.


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