369. * testify, for then there are very many ideas in the mind that do not come into words; hence the concise style, especially when some words have to be inserted that contain a double meaning. [Speak, Speech; Prophet; Word; Words, Expressions] [See also WE 7518-19, concluding the explanation of Deut. 33:9.]
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7665. [Is. 14:] verse 9. By hell is meant all the infernal multitude, whose leader is the devil, which likewise has been cast down. For we read in the next verse, "Have you also become as weak as we, have you become like us?" By the "king of Babylon" here [verse 4] is therefore meant the devil in particular. Hell includes all those who call themselves kings and princes of the universe, thus all the arrogant. Now follows in a series how all these address their leader,
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