'Sons of the stranger' signify counterfeit truths, or falsities. 'Our sons' signify the doctrines of truth, and 'our daughters,' the doctrines of good, as in Psalm 144:11-12.
(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 489; Psalms 144:11)
Pollution
In Leviticus 22:6, this signifies a state of being in falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 1666)
In Hosea 9:3, this signifies appropriating things impure and profane derived from reasoning. (Arcana Coelestia 4581[10], Apocalypse Explained 654[56]) 'Pollution' denotes the truth of faith defiled.
(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 4504)
Psalms 144:11-12
11
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12
Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
