Root
'The dried up root,' as in Hosea 9:16, 17, signifies charity which could not bear fruit.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1801; Malachi 4:1)
Israel
'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.
In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 768)