When 'islands' are contrasted to 'earth' or 'mountains,' they signify the truths of faith, because they are in the sea. They signify doctrinal things which are rituals. 'Islands' signify peoples who are more remote from the worship of God. People who are steeped in the internal sense of the Word, such as angels, do not know what islands are, because they no longer have any concept of such places. Instead they have a perception of more remote worship, like the gentiles outside the church.

'Islands,' in Ezekiel 27:6, signify people in the church in a natural, materially-oriented state but still rational.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 406; Isaiah 1, Isaiah 49, 49:1)

In Genesis 14:14, captivity signifies that apparent good and truth were present. (Arcana Coelestia 1707)

In Exodus 12:29, this signifies a mind in darkness regarding good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 7950)

In Isaiah 14:2, this signifies that people who bar others from truth and good will themselves be captive to falsities. (Apocalypse Explained 811[27])

In Daniel 11:33, captivity and spoil signifies the deprivation of every truth and good.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 811)