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Ils seront dévastés entre les pays dévastés, Et ses villes seront entre les villes désertes.
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Ils seront dévastés entre les pays dévastés, Et ses villes seront entre les villes désertes.
The meaning of "scatter" in the Bible is relatively literal, but it is used in regard to spiritual things, not natural ones. So to "scatter" a group of people represents breaking up a system of ideas represented by that group and thus to weaken and ultimately destroy it.
(Reference: Arcana Coelestia 1309, 1328, 2547, 6361, 7130, 7520, 8226 [2]; The Apocalypse Explained 863 [8])