8228. 'And Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the middle of the sea' means that in so doing they cast themselves into the hell where the falsities arising from evil existed. This is clear from the meaning of 'overturning them into the sea' as casting them into falsities arising from evil; for these falsities are meant by the waters of that sea, 6346, 7307, 8137, 8138. For more about the bad things which in the literal sense of the Word are attributed to Jehovah or the Lord - that the origin of them lies with the people themselves who are ruled by evil, and not at all with the Lord, and that this is how one should understand the Word in its internal sense - see 2447, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7877, 7926, 8227.

6711. But those who do not love themselves more than others - which is true of everyone belonging to the Lord's kingdom - will make the origin of the neighbour reside in Him whom they ought to love above all else, that is, in the Lord. And they will see the neighbour in all others according to the nature of their love for Him. People therefore who love others as themselves, and especially those who, like the angels, love others more than themselves, all make the origin of the neighbour reside in the Lord; for good has the Lord Himself within it since it emanates from Him. From this too it may be seen that what the love is like determines who the neighbour is. The truth that the Lord is present within good is what the Lord Himself teaches in Matthew 25:34-40, for He says to those who were governed by good that they had given Him food, given Him drink, taken Him in, clothed Him, visited Him, and come to Him in prison, and then that insofar as they had done so to one of the least of His brothers they had done so to Him.