* Evil spirits, that is, their strong desires, and their reasoning, are restrained to the point where they cannot say a thing, no matter how they try, etc. etc. The same is true of man when he is being held in bonds that are spiritual, and various other restraints. [See also the rest of WE 6319, concluding the explanation of this verse.] [See WE 6322 up to the sign .. ,* explaining II Kings 19:31.] * The sign is two circles with a horizontal line through both of them.