7425. All the dust of the land became louse in all the land of Egypt. That this signifies that these evils were from the things that had been damned, is evident from the signification of “the dust of the land,” as being what is damned (of which above, n. 7418); from the signification of “lice,” as being evils (n. 7419); and from the signification of “the land of Egypt,” as being the natural mind (of which also above, n. 7420).