2396. Because their cry is become great before Jehovah. That this signifies because the falsity from evil is so great, is evident from the signification of a “cry” (n. 2240), as being predicated of falsity; and here of falsity from evil (n. 2351).

2241. Verse 21. I will go down, I pray, and I will see whether they have made a consummation according to the cry thereof which is come unto Me, and if not I will know. “I will go down, I pray, and I will see,” signifies visitation; “whether they have made a consummation according to the cry thereof which is come unto Me, and if not I will know,” signifies whether the evil has arrived at its height.