he will speak those words recorded in the Gospel:29 “We are useless slaves; for we have done what we were obligated to do” [Luke 17:10]. 3. (1:2a) Hear, O heaven, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord has spoken. Above in the heading it was shown who the prophet is, whose son he is, what he saw and when against Judah and Jerusalem, or concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Now he summons heaven and earth to hear. By heaven he is signifying the higher and angelic powers; by earth the race of mortals.30 He
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