1170. “西巴, 哈腓拉, 撒弗他, 拉玛, 撒弗提迦” 是指具有这类认知的很多民族, 因为在内义上, 这些民族表认知本身. 这从下面所引用的圣言经文清楚可知.

10541. 'And I shall know what I am to do to you' means that, this being so, it is possible for something to be established among them. This is clear from the train of thought in the internal sense; for outward holiness, devoid of any inward holiness, could exist with that nation. And since for this reason the external aspect of the Church could exist with that nation even though nothing of the internal did so, 'I shall know what I am to do' means that, this being so, it is possible for something to be established among them.