In Hosea 13:8, this signifies the power of the evil which is from falsity. (Arcana Coelestia 388[9])

This also signified the falsification of the literal sense. (Apocalypse Explained 781[14])

In Lamentations 3:10, this signifies that the natural man has perverted the literal sense. (Apocalypse Explained 781[15])