Bible

Zechariah 2:2

² Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth, and what is its length.

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Youths

This print, from a medieval French manuscript, shows a relatively bald Elisha cursing the youths as the bears attack. Elijah rides a chariot overhead, having been taken up to heaven shortly before.

Youths" or "Young men" generally represent intelligence or the understanding of truth.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 386; Apocalypse Revealed 620 [3]; Arcana Coelestia 5037 [3], 7668, 7724, 9390; The Apocalypse Explained 863 [2-6])

Bible

Lamentations 5:8-10

⁸ Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

⁹ We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

¹⁰ Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.