964. Verse 3. And the second angel poured out his vial into the sea; and it became blood as of one dead; and every living soul in the sea died.

3. "And the second angel poured out his vial into the sea," signifies the state of the church manifested as to the knowledges of truth in the natural man n. 965; "and it became blood as of one dead," signifies that these have all been falsified n. 966; "and every living soul in the sea died," signified that there is no longer anything from the spiritual man in the natural man from the Word n. 967.