'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.

In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.

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5635. 'And took the double amount of silver in their hand' means also truth received by the power. This is clear from what has been stated above in 5623, where the same words occur, and where one may also see what is meant by truth received by the power.