653.“就有血从酒榨里流出来，涨到马的嚼环”表对真理的可怕歪曲向圣言施暴，理解或认知由此封闭，以致人几乎不能再受教，因而不能被主藉着神性真理引领。“血”表示向圣言所施的暴行（327节），和被歪曲、亵渎的圣言神性真理（379节）；因为“从酒榨流出来的血”表示从被踹的串串葡萄所出的葡萄汁和葡萄酒，葡萄汁和葡萄酒具有同样的含义（316节）。“马的嚼环”表示引领理解或认知的圣言真理；因为“马”表示对圣言的理解（298节）；因此，“嚼环”表示引领理解或认知的真理。“涨到马的嚼环”是指甚至到了套着马嚼子的马嘴里，而马靠嘴来吃喝，故这句话还表示这种暴行是由可怕的歪曲向圣言所施的，以致人几乎不能再受教，因而不能被主藉着神性真理引领。“嚼环”也表示理解或认知藉此被引领（以赛亚书30:27，28；37:29）。“葡萄的血”表示圣言的神性真理（创世记49:11；申命记32:14）；不过在此表示反面意义。
653. And blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles. This symbolizes the violence done to the Word by the people's dreadful falsifications of truth, and the consequent understanding of it so closed up that it was scarcely possible for anyone any longer to be taught by it, and so to be led by the Lord through Divine truths.
Blood symbolizes violence done to the Word (no. 327) and the falsification and profanation of the Divine truth in the Word (no. 379). For blood from a winepress means the juice or wine produced from trampled clusters of grapes, and wine and new wine have the same symbolic meaning (no. 316). Horses' bridles symbolize the Word's truths by which the intellect is led, inasmuch as a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word (no. 298). Thus a bridle symbolizes the truth by which that understanding or intellect is led. Up to the horses' bridles means even into the mouth into which the bridle's bit is inserted, and since a horse uses its mouth to drink and nourish itself, it also symbolically means that such violence was done to the Word by people's dreadful falsifications of truth that it was scarcely possible for anyone any longer to be taught by it, and so to be led by the Lord through Divine truths.
A bridle also symbolizes that by which the intellect is led in Isaiah 30:27-28; 37:29, and the blood of grapes symbolizes the Divine truth in the Word in Genesis 49:11 and Deuteronomy 32:14, though in an opposite sense in the latter case.
653. 'And the blood went out of the winepress even to the horses' bridles' signifies the violence inflicted on the Word by means of dreadful falsifications of truth, and the understanding so closed up thereby that a man can scarcely any longer be taught, and thus be led by means of Divine truths by the Lord. By 'blood 'is signified violence inflicted on the Word (327), and the Divine Truth of the Word falsified and profaned (379); for by 'blood out of the winepress' is understood must and wine out of the trodden clusters, and by 'must and wine' similar things are signified (316). By 'the horses' bridles' are signified the truths of the Word by means of which the understanding is led, for 'a horse' signifies the understanding of the Word (298), and in consequence by 'a bridle' is signified the truth by means of which the understanding is led. 'Even to the horses' bridles' is equivalent to even within the mouth in which the bridle has been inserted, and a horse is watered and fed through the mouth, and therefore it is also signified that such violence has been inflicted on the Word by means of dreadful falsifications that a man can scarcely any more be taught, and thus led by means of Divine truths by the Lord. By 'a bridle' is also signified that by means of which the understanding is led (Isaiah 30:27-28; 37:29); and by 'the blood of grapes' is signified the Divine Truth of the Word (Genesis 49:11; Deuteronomy 32:14); but here in the opposite sense.
653. And blood went out of the winepress even unto the bridles of the horses, signifies violence done to the Word by direful falsifications of truth, and thence the understanding so closed that man is scarcely capable any longer of being taught, and thus led by Divine truths from the Lord. By "blood" is signified violence done to the Word, (327), and the Divine truth of the Word falsified and profaned, (379[1-7]); for by "the blood out of the winepress" is meant the must and wine from the clusters that were trodden, and the must and wine have a similar signification, (316).
By "the bridles of the horses" are signified the truths of the Word, by which the understanding is led; for "a horse" signifies the understanding of the Word, (298); hence "a bridle" signifies truth by which the understanding is led. "Even unto the bridles of the horses" means even into the mouth, into which the bridle is inserted, and by the mouth the horse drinks and feeds; therefore it also signifies that such violence is done to the Word by dire falsifications, that man is scarcely capable of being taught any longer, and thus of being led by Divine truths from the Lord. By "a bridle" is also signified that by which the understanding is led, (Isaiah 30:27-28; 37:29). And by "the blood of the grapes" is signified the Divine truth of the Word, (Genesis 49:11; Deuteronomy 32:14); but here in the opposite sense.
653. "Et exivit Sanguis e torculari usque ad frena equorum" significat violentiam illatam Verbo per diras falsificationes veri, et inde intellectum ita obturatum ut homo vix doceri possit amplius, et sic duci per Divina vera a Domino.--Per "sanguinem" significatur violentia illata Verbo (327), ac Divinum Verum Verbi falsificatum et prophanatum (379); nam per "sanguinem e torculari" intelligitur mustum et vinum ex botris calcatis, ac per mustum et vinum similia significantur (316); per "frena equorum" significantur vera Verbi, per quae intellectus ducitur; "equus" enim significat intellectum Verbi (298), inde per "frenum" significatur verum per quod intellectus ducitur; "usque ad frena equorum" est usque intra os, cui frenum insertum est, et equus per os potatur et nutritur; quare etiam significatur quod talis violentia illata sit Verbo per diras falsificationes ut homo vix doceri possit amplius, et sic duci per Divina vera a Domino. Per "frenum" etiam significatur id per quod intellectus ducitur, (Esaias 30:27-28; 37:29); et per "sanguinem uvarum" significatur Divinum Verum Verbi, (Genesis 49:11; Deuteronomius 32:14); hic autem in opposito sensu.