Israel
'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.
In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.
(Reference: Apocalypse Explained 768)
Forming
In Isaiah 44:2, 24, Isaiah 49:5, this signifies the Lord, the Reformer. (Apocalypse Revealed 535) For references to the Lord as Reformer and Regenerator, see Doctrine of the Lord 33-34 and Doctrine of Life 112.
(Reference: Isaiah 44:5, 49:1)