Ezekiel 21:4

⁴ And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the just, and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north.

Pour into

In Revelation 14:10; 16:2, this signifies conjunction with falsified truth from the literal sense of the Word. (Apocalypse Explained 887[2], Apocalypse Explained 960) It also signifies influx upon people in the interiors of the devastated church, and who adhere to the doctrines of faith alone. (Apocalypse Explained 677)

In Matthew 8:24, the Lord asleep signifies His seeming absence when people of the church are still in natural states. (Apocalypse Explained 514[22])