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)
Women
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the church.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4200, 4823, 5946)
