The Bible

Genesis 1:15

¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Commentary

Youths

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.

Youths" or "Young men" generally represent intelligence or the understanding of truth.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 386; Apocalypse Revealed 620 [3]; Arcana Coelestia 5037 [3], 7668, 7724, 9390; The Apocalypse Explained 863 [2-6])

The Bible

Isaiah 5:13

¹³ Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.