7675. 'And they will come up over the land of Egypt' means an outpouring into everything there. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming up' as being poured out, for 'the locusts' - meaning falsity present in outermost parts, and stretching from these into the inner parts - are said to 'come up' since the inner parts are one and the same as higher parts (the fact that falsity takes possession of inner parts as well when it takes possession of outer ones, see 7645); and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind, dealt with immediately above in 7674.

Idols of stone signify worship from falsities of doctrine. Idols of wood signify worship from evils of doctrine. Idols of silver signify worship from what is false in life and doctrine. Idols of gold signify worship from evil, both in doctrine and life. 'To eat of things offered to idols,' signifies the appropriation of evil and adulteration of all good.

In Leviticus 26:1, this signifies the falsities of certain religions. (Apocalypse Explained 827[3])

In Judges 17:5, although Teraphim were idols, here they represent Divine truths. (Arcana Coelestia 4111)

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 10503)