Arcana Coelestia #622
622. The relating of 'to corrupt' to persuasions is clear in Isaiah,
They will not do evil, and they will not corrupt in all My holy mountain, for the land will be full of the knowledge from Jehovah. Isaiah 11:9.
And similarly in Isaiah 65:25, where 'doing evil' has regard to the will or evil desires, 'to corrupt' to the understanding or false persuasions. In the same prophet,
Woe to a sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, sons who deal corruptly! Isaiah 1:4.
Here, as elsewhere, 'nation' and' seed of evil-doers stand for evils constituting the will, which are evil desires, while 'people' and 'sons who deal corruptly' stand for falsities constituting the understanding which are persuasions. In Ezekiel,
You were more corrupt than they in all your ways. Ezekiel 16:47.
Here 'to corrupt' relates to things of the understanding, reason, or thought, for 'way' is a term meaning truth. In David,
They have done what is corrupt, and they have done an abominable deed. Psalms 14:1.
Here 'corrupt' stands for dreadful persuasions and 'abominable' for the filthy desires which lie within the deed, or from which the deed originates. In Daniel,
After sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. And the people of the leader who is to come will corrupt the city and the sanctuary, and his end will come with a flood. Daniel 9:26.
In a similar way 'to corrupt' stands for false persuasions, to which 'a flood' has reference.
Psalms 14
1
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.
2
Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
3
They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.
4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?
5
There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6
You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
7
Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. A Psalm by David.