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

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

(Mga Sanggunian: Apocalypse Explained 768)

To revile something -- or "reproach," as it is often translated -- represents making a direct and deliberate attack on what is spiritually true, in an effort to destroy it.

(Mga Sanggunian: Apocalypse Explained 695 [19]; Arcana Coelestia 9221, 9222)