In Psalm 10:9 and Daniel 6:7, this signifies people who vastate the church and the evil of self-love in its power. (Arcana Coelestia 6368[8] 5828[6])

1284. Verse 1 And the whole earth was of one lip, and its words were one.

'The whole earth was of one lip' means that people everywhere held to the same doctrine in its general aspects, 'lip' meaning doctrine, 'the earth' the Church. 'And its words were one' means that they held to the same doctrine in its particular details.