'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.

In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.

(Riferimenti: Apocalypse Explained 768)

'Great wrath,' as in Revelation 12:12, signifies hatred against the new church.

'Wrath,' as in Genesis 49:7, signifies aversion from truth.

(Riferimenti: Apocalypse Revealed 635, 658; Arcana Coelestia 6343)