75. His factual knowledge and rational discernment are described by the shrub and the plant watered by the mist from the ground, verses 5-6.

Flesh signifies man, and spirit signifies the influx of truth and goodness from the Lord, as in Joel 2:28. In Isaiah 31:3, flesh signifies what is man's own, and spirit life from the Lord. To eat the flesh of another signifies to destroy his proprium.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 654; Joel 2)