Verses:
1-3:
The church and its doctrine from the Word, which had been dominant, but now enslaved and laid waste.
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4, 5:
All of its truths and goods are perverted.
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6:
There is no power against the hells.
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7-11:
All things of the church have been devastated, and hence it is in evils and falsities.
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12-16:
Its grief on account of the devastation.
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17-22:
There is no help from heaven.
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