Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7943

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7943. 'And the people bowed, and bowed down' means self-abasement on the lips and in the heart. This is clear from the meaning of 'bowing' as outward self-abasement, thus that on the lips, and from the meaning of 'bowing down' as inward self-abasement, thus that of the heart, both dealt with in 5682, 7068.


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