'Pouring out the vials upon the earth, which contained the plagues,' in Revelation 16:1, signifies influx of the reformed into the church, or into people who study and receive the doctrine of justification by faith alone.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 16; Apocalypse Revealed 676)

To revile something -- or "reproach," as it is often translated -- represents making a direct and deliberate attack on what is spiritually true, in an effort to destroy it.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 695 [19]; Arcana Coelestia 9221, 9222)