CHAP. VII., VERSE 1.—N. 419[d].

the thought, for "mouth" signifies thought. [10.] In Jeremiah:

"The wild asses .... breathed out the wind like whales ; their eyes were consumed because there was no herbage" (xiv. 6).

"To breathe out the wind like whales" signifies that there is no truth to be imbibed ; "because there was no herbage" means because there is no truth in the church. As the evil are cast down by a more powerful influx of Divine truth and good going forth from the Lord as a sun, as has been said above, so the casting down of those who are in falsities of evil is described also by "the breath of the nostrils of Jehovah." As in Isaiah:

"A Topheth is prepared of old ; .... the pile thereof is fire and much wood" made ready ; "the breath of Jehovah like a stream of brimstone doth kindle them" (xxx. 33).

In David :

"The channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were disclosed, at the rebuke of Jehovah, at the breath of the spirit of Thy nostrils" (Psalm xviii. 15).

In Moses :

"By the breath of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up ; .... Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them" (Exod. xv. 8, 10).

And in Job:

"Plotters of iniquity, .... by the breath of God they perish, by the spirit of his nostrils are they consumed" (iv. 8, 9).

In all these passages "the breath Latin: flatus, spiritus, et halitus" of the nostrils of Jehovah" means the Divine going forth, which disperses and casts down the evil when it flows in intensely and strongly ; but respecting this influx more will be said in what follows, where "tempests," "storms," and "the east wind" are treated of.

[d.] [11.] Again, that "the wind of the earth" signifies the Divine going forth is also from correspondence with the winds in the spiritual world ; for there exist winds in the spiritual world also, and these arise from the determining of Divine influx, and go forth towards the lower parts of the earth there. In the heavens any other than gentle winds are rarely perceived ; but with those who dwell lower down, upon the lands, winds are frequent, growing stronger as they descend ; their direction is from the quarters into which the Divine flows, especially from the north. Because the winds there are from a spiritual origin they signify spiritual things, in general Divine truth, from which they exist. As in David :