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Lamentations 4:1

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1 How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.

Commentary

 

Wild beasts of the desert, doleful creatures, owls, satyrs, beasts of the islands, dragons

  

'Wild beasts of the desert,' 'doleful creatures,' 'owls,' 'satyrs,' 'wild beasts of the islands,' and 'dragons,' as in Isaiah 13:21-22, signify when the interior aspects of worship pertain to self-love, or proprium.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1326)