'Nations,' as in Jeremiah 25:31, signify falsities. In Genesis 25:23, 'two nations in the womb' signify the natural regarding interior and exterior good. In general, 'nations' signify people in the good of love and charity from the Lord.

(Посилання: Apocalypse Revealed 667; Ezekiel 15, 29, 29:15; Micah 7, Micah 7:14-17)

'Service' denotes everything beneath, which is subordinate and obeys, and so, truth being derived from good, and ministering to good.

(Посилання: Arcana Coelestia 3409, Genesis 26:14)