8231. 'Coming after them into the sea' means that they took possession of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming after them' - when said of the waters of the sea, by which falsities arising from evil are meant - as taking possession of.

Ut pergas pasco dum audis, audi in fenestra nova.

Even when you've been forgiven by others, we can look back in horror at some of the things we've done and have a hard time forgiving ourselves. At some point we have to draw a line in the sand and say, "That's not who I am anymore" and let go of those condemning thoughts.

(Notae: Acts of the Apostles 3:19; Arcana Coelestia 8159; Exodus 14:9-14; Heaven and Hell 302; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Romans 7:14-20)