Commentarius

Baalim

In Numbers 22:41, this signifies worship from the evils of self-love and love of the world. (Apocalypse Explained 1602)

In Jeremiah 32:20, this signifies the worship of evil. (Arcana Coelestia 4581)

In 2 Samuel 6:2, this signifies the outmost of the church, called its natural. (Apocalypse Explained 700[26])

In Numbers 25:3, this signifies adulterations of good. (Apocalypse Explained 6557)

(Notae: Apocalypse Explained 730; Hosea 2:13)

Bibliorum

Hosea 2:13

¹³ I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me," says Yahweh.