Cloud
In Genesis 9:13, this signifies the state of light in obscurity of the regenerate spiritual man. (Arcana Coelestia 1042)
In Exodus 13:21, this signifies a state of enlightenment tempered by obscurity in respect to truth. (Arcana Coelestia 81-86)
In Psalm 147:8, this signifies that the Lord defends and preserves the spiritual meanings of the Word by the natural truths in through the Bible's literal sense. (Apocalypse Explained 594[12])
In Isaiah 60:8, this signifies to search and investigate truth from the Word's literal sense. (Apocalypse Explained 282[5])
In Isaiah 19:1, the phrase 'Jehovah rides upon a light cloud, and comes into Egypt', signifies the visitation of the natural man from spiritual-natural Divine Truth, for a visitation is an examination into the quality of a man, and examination is made by means of Divine Truth. A light cloud denotes the spiritual-natural Divine Truth from which the quality of man as to his natural-self becomes evident.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 654)
Uncircumcised
In Genesis 17:14; 34:14, this signifies one who is in self-love, which is the vilest of all loves because destructive of society. (Arcana Coelestia 2957)
'The uncircumcised,' as in Ezekiel 31:18, signifies people lacking the good of charity.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 90)
