Empty, swept, and garnished. — The words have a two-fold symbolism, as representing (1) the state of the possessed man, and (2) that of the nation of which he is made the type. The latter belongs to the interpretation of the parable as a whole. The former portrays the state of the man who has been delivered from the wildness of frenzy, but has been left to the routine of common life and conventional morality, with no higher spiritual influence to protect and guard him.
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Matthew 12:44
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.