'The smitten' signify people who are oppressed by the falsities of ignorance.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 357)

In Genesis 27:11, this signifies the respective quality of natural truth. (Arcana Coelestia 3527)

In Psalm 55:21, this signifies false as self-love. (Arcana Coelestia 3527)

In Luke 3:5, this signifies the removal of states of temptation with regeneration, and the transformation of falsities of ignorance into truths. (Arcana Coelestia 3527[3])

In Isaiah 41:7, 'Smith' relates to evil, and 'smootheth with the hammer,' to what is false.