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There are only two\u00a0of references in Swedenborg<\/a> to \u201cclose\u201d used as a verb, and both stem from Amos 9:11, which talks about closing the \u201cbreaches\u201d in the \u201ctent of David.\u201d In that case \u201cclose\u201d means removing false ideas<\/a> so that something can be restored. It seems likely that \u201cclose\u201d has a similar meaning in similar uses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Passages from Swedenborg<\/b><\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia 10545<\/b><\/p>\n

[7] In Amos,<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0On that day I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I will close up\u00a0its breaches and restore its destroyed places. Amos 9:11.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0‘The tent of David’ means the Lord’s Church and the holiness that goes with worship of Him. ‘Closing\u00a0up\u00a0breaches and restoring destroyed places’ means renewing those things by moving falsities away from them. ‘David’ in the Word means the Lord, see 1888, 9954, so that ‘the tent of David’ means the Lord’s Church and the holiness that goes with worship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Arcana Coelestia\u00a04926 (Elliott)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[3] In Amos,<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I willclose\u00a0up\u00a0their breaches, and I will restore its destroyed places; and I will build it as in the days of old. Amos 9:11.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0This refers to a Church where good is present. ‘The tent of David that is fallen down’ means the good of love and charity received from the Lord. For ‘a tent’ meaning that good, see 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3312, 4128, 4391, 4599, and ‘David’ the Lord, 1888. ‘Closing\u00a0up\u00a0the breeches’ stands for correcting falsities which have entered in through the separation of truth from good. ‘Building it as in the days of old’ stands for as the state of the Church was in ancient times. In the Word that state at that time is called ‘the days of eternity’, ‘the days of old’, and also ‘of generation upon generation’.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are only two\u00a0of references in Swedenborg to \u201cclose\u201d used as a verb, and both stem from Amos 9:11, which talks about closing the \u201cbreaches\u201d in the \u201ctent of David.\u201d In that case \u201cclose\u201d means removing false ideas so that something can be restored. It seems likely that \u201cclose\u201d has a similar meaning in similar […]<\/p>\n

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