7583. 'And the hail struck every plant of the field' means that those falsities destroyed all of the Church's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'plant of the field' as the Church's truth, dealt with above in 7571; from the meaning of 'striking' as destroying; and from the meaning of 'hail' as falsity, dealt with in 7553.

4775. 'And he recognized it' means, yes, there was; 'and said, My son's tunic!' means that it was the truth possessed by the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'tunic' as the truth possessed by the Church, dealt with in 4677. But because this truth was defiled, it was indeed recognized to be that truth, though not like that of the Ancient Church and the Primitive Christian one. This is why the words of explanation here are 'yes, there was'.