'A shield' signifies defense which is trusted against evils and falsities. In respect to the Lord, it signifies defense, and in respect to people, confidence in the Lord's protection. This is because it was a protection for the breast, and 'the breast' signifies good and truth, good because of the heart in it, and truth because of the lungs. In an opposite sense, 'shield' denotes evils and falsities which are used to wage combat, and is used as a defense in Jeremiah 46:3-4 among other passages.

(Notae: Arcana Coelestia 1788)

1185. “从那陆地出来往亚述去” 表具有这类外在敬拜的人开始推理敬拜的内在. 这从稍后有关 “亚述” 含义的论述清楚可知, 在圣言中, “亚述” 表理性和推理. 本节可用两种不同的方式来读, 也就是说, “亚述从那陆地出来” 或 “宁录从那陆地出来往亚述去”. 之所以如此表述, 是因为所表示的是两个观点: 对属灵和属天事物的推理是由这类敬拜产生的, 这是 “亚述从示拿地出来” 所表示的; 这类敬拜推理有关属灵和属天的事物, 这是 “宁录从那陆地出来往亚述去” 所表示的.