10457. 'The noise of a wretched cry I hear' means the lamentable state of their interiors. This is clear from the meaning of 'the noise of a wretched cry' as that which is lamentable. In the original language this is expressed by a word which means not only a cry but also affliction, and wretchedness, and so means a wretched cry. And when 'the noise' means the essential nature of the interiors, 10454, 'the noise of a wretched cry' means the lamentable state of the interiors.