'To rend the garments' signifies mourning for truth lost or destroyed, or the loss of faith.

'Rending the garments' can also signify zeal for doctrine and truth, and humility.

(Препратки: Arcana Coelestia 4763, Genesis 37:29, 37:34)

8917. 'And the people saw and were violently shaken' means the quivering that takes place when they - Divine Truths - are received. This is clear from the meaning of 'being violently shaken' as quivering that takes place, at this point the kind of quivering there is when Divine Truths are received. Regarding that quivering, see 5459, 8816.