491. The same things are signified by “sons” and “daughters” in this chapter (verses 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 26, 30), but such as is the church, such are the “sons and daughters” that is, such are the goods and truths; the truths and goods here spoken of are such as were distinctly perceived, because they are predicated of the Most Ancient Church, the principal and parent of all the other and succeeding churches.
Ships of Tarshish
'The ships of Tarshish' in Isaiah 23:1 signify the doctrinal matters of truth and good, and in the opposite sense, false doctrinal matters. In Psalm 48:7, however, they signify the devastating effects of false doctrine. (Apocalypse Explained 514[8])
(Izinkomba: Apocalypse Explained 514; Arcana Coelestia 9295)
