AC 7640 - "How long do you refuse to be humbled before Me?" (Exodus 10:3)

AC 7640
How long do you refuse to be humbled before Me?
... there are two things in humiliation, namely,
the acknowledgment of self, that it is nothing but evil,
and that relatively to the Divine it is as nothing;
and the acknowledgment of the Divine,
that it is nothing but good, and is infinite.
These two things are not possible with the evil,
because they are in the love of self.
If they humble themselves it is either from fear,
or that they may be honored or enriched....
As humiliation is not possible with the evil,
therefore in the internal sense by
"to be humbled" is signified obedience,
and thus by "refusing to be humbled" is signified no obedience.