9862. 'A span the length of it, and a span the breadth of it' means equally in respect of good and in respect of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'the length' as good, dealt with in 1613, 9487; and from the meaning of 'the breadth' as truth, dealt with in 1613, 3433, 3434, 4482, 9487. Equally in respect of both these is meant by the length and the breadth, that they were equal.

In Ezekiel 28:7, 'strangers' signify falsities which destroy truths, and 'the terrible of the nations,' evils which destroy good.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 537)