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Every man is become brutish, so as to have no knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 51:17
Balm
In Jeremiah 8:22, 46:11, this signifies the truths of the literal sense of the Word, and their defense. (Apocalypse Explained 654[41])
In Ezekiel 27:17, this signifies goods of love and charity and the joy they bring. (Arcana Coelestia 3941[7], Apocalypse Explained 375[35])
(References: Arcana Coelestia 5615)
