8942. 'For if you move your chisel over it' means if a product of the proprium or self. This is clear from the meaning of 'chisel' as counterfeit truth, thus a product of the self. For a chisel is a piece of iron used to carve and shape figures out of stones, and therefore the human self is meant here since this shapes things which are to compose religion, to make them look like the truth. Instead of the word 'chisel' some places elsewhere have '[a piece of] iron', while others elsewhere have 'axe', as in Deuteronomy 27:5; Joshua 8:30-31; 1 Kings 6:7; Isaiah 44:10-12; Hosea 13:2; Jeremiah 10:3-4; and these tools mean such things as are implements of self-intelligence used for fabrication.

In Numbers 22:41, this signifies worship from the evils of self-love and love of the world. (Apocalypse Explained 1602)

In Jeremiah 32:20, this signifies the worship of evil. (Arcana Coelestia 4581)

In 2 Samuel 6:2, this signifies the outmost of the church, called its natural. (Apocalypse Explained 700[26])

In Numbers 25:3, this signifies adulterations of good. (Apocalypse Explained 6557)

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 730; Hosea 2:13)