In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason for this is pretty obvious, but it also holds when people, for instance, remove a stone from the mouth of a well, which represents gaining access to spiritual ideas. The mouth is used for eating as well as speaking, of course. In those circumstances, it represents our first, most external perception of a new spiritual idea or desire. This also makes sense, mirroring the way tasting food in the mouth gives us an instant impression of the quality of the food.
Arcana Coelestia # 1565
1565. Quod ‘grex et armentum’ sint possessiones externi hominis, constare potest a significatione ‘gregis et armenti’ quod sint bona, de qua n. 343 et 415; sed hic quod sint illa quae separanda, ita non bona, quia praedicantur de ‘Loto qui separabatur ab Abramo’: quod grex et armentum etiam sint non bona, constare potest ab his in Verbo locis, apud Zephaniam, Perdere faciam in te, ut sine habitatore, et erit tractus maris habitacula effossionis [pastorum], et caulae gregis, 2:5, 6 1 :
apud Jeremiam,
Dispergam in te pastorem et gregem, et dispergam in te agricolam et jugalem ejus, 2:23:
apud eundem,
Ascendite ad Arabiam, et devastate filios orientis; tentoria eorum, et greges eorum sument, 49:28, 29.
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1. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
