7597. 'The voices will cease, and there will be no more hail' means the end of that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'the voices', which are claps of thunder, as God's truths subjecting the evil to vastation, dealt with in 7573; from the meaning of 'hail' as falsities destroying truths, dealt with in 7553, 7574; and from the meaning of 'ceasing' and 'being no more' as the end of them, thus the end of that state. For each plague means some particular state in the vastation undergone by those who molest the upright in the next life.

6956. 'In order that they may believe that Jehovah has appeared to you' means in order that they may possess faith with regard to the Lord's Divine Human. This is clear from the meaning of 'believing' as being in possession of faith, not faith that Jehovah or the Lord has been seen with the eyes, but the kind of faith in the Lord that is meant in the spiritual sense; and from the meaning of 'Jehovah has appeared' as the Lord's appearance within His Divine Human, dealt with in 6945, so that 'they may believe that Jehovah has appeared to you' means in order that they may possess faith with regard to the Lord's Divine Human.