'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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5593. 'Unless your brother is with you' means unless the intermediary is with you. This is clear from what has been stated above in 5586, 5587, about Benjamin, to whom 'brother' refers here, being the intermediary.