134. * evil is being driven out, it is called back several times, even until it is blotted out, and gives way to good. This is a secret, and I do not know whether anyone knows it; etc., etc. [Evil; Regeneration] [For the sake of context, see also WE 4622, concluding the explanation of these verses.] [See WE 4623-24 up to this point, explaining Exod. 23:31.] * ...."They will be driven out from their faces" means that they afterwards do not appear, while still contributing to a comparison, and thus to a sense of goodness, and to a recognition of truth. For without evil, there is no feeling of goodness, and without falsity, there is no recognition of truth. Hence, the words which were now