Break
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To “break” something creates an image that is different from “attacking,” “destroying,” or “shattering.” It is less emotional and violent in its intent; it is somewhat matter-of-fact. It is fitting, then, that “break” is used in the Bible primarily to illustrate the Lord’s destruction of evil desires and false ideas – something that must be done to preserve us from harm, but not something done with malice.
Fever
In Leviticus 26:16, this signifies the lust of evil. (Arcana Coelestia 8364[4])
In Deuteronomy 28:22, this signifies spiritual disease, or some evil destroying the life of good, or falsity destroying the life of the understanding of truth. (Arcana Coelestia 8364[3])