The Bible

Ezekiel 27:2

² Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:

Commentary

Bald

This print, from a medieval French manuscript, shows a relatively bald Elisha cursing the youths as the bears attack. Elijah rides a chariot overhead, having been taken up to heaven shortly before.

'A bald head' signifies the Word deprived of the natural sense, which is the sense of the letter.

(References: 2 Kings 2:23-24; Apocalypse Explained 781)