1184# 启18:22–23.弹竖琴者，作乐者，吹笛者，吹号者的声音，在你中间决不能再听见；各样手艺的匠人在你中间决不能再遇见，石磨的响声在你中间决不能再听见；灯光在你中间决不能再照耀，新郎和新妇的声音在你中间决不能再听见，因为你的客商曾是地上的大人物，所有民族也都被你的邪术迷惑了。
“弹竖琴者，作乐者，吹笛者，吹号者的声音，在你中间决不能再听见”表示不再有任何内在和外在的喜乐（1185节）；“各样手艺的匠人在你中间决不能再遇见”表示不再有任何智慧、聪明和知识（科学）（1186节）；“石磨的响声在你中间决不能再听见”表示不再有出于对良善的意愿而对真理的任何理解（1187节）。
“灯光在你中间决不能再照耀”表示将没有天堂和教会的任何真理（1188节）；“新郎和新妇的声音在你中间决不能再听见”表示没有出于良善与真理的结合的喜乐（1189节）；“因为你的客商曾是地上的大人物”表示那些行使统治，处于它的爱与快乐，并获得了世上的最高荣誉，也获得了世上财富的人（1190节）；“所有民族也都被你的邪术迷惑了”表示他们利用邪恶的技艺和说服强迫所有简单善人相信并去做那些能让他们从中获得统治权和财富的事（1191节）。
1184. Verses 22, 23.- And the voice of harpers and musicians, and of pipers and trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more; and no craftsman of whatsoever craft shall be found in thee any more; and the voice of the mill shall be heard in thee no more. And the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard in thee no more; because thy merchants were the great ones of the earth, for by thy sorcery have all the nations been seduced.
"And the voice of harpers and musicians, and of pipers and trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more," signifies interior and exterior joys no longer; "and no craftsman of whatsoever craft shall be found in thee any more," signifies no longer any wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge (scientia); "and the voice of the mill shall be heard in thee no more," signifies no longer any understanding of truth from the will of good. "And the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more," signifies that there will be nothing of the truth of heaven and of the church; "and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard in thee no more," signifies no joy from the conjunction of good and truth; "because thy merchants were the great ones of the earth," signifies those who are in the exercise of dominion, and in the love and delight of it, and who have gained the highest honours and also the riches of the world; "because by thy sorcery have all the nations been seduced," signifies that by wicked arts and persuasions they compelled all the simple good to believe and do those things which result in their opulence and dominion.
1184. Verses 22-23. And the voice of harpers and musicians and pipers and trumpeters shall not be heard in thee any more; and no craftsman of whatsoever craft shall be found in thee any more; and the voice of a millstone shall not be heard in thee any more. And the light of a lamp shall not shine in thee any more; and the voice of bridegroom and of bride shall not be heard in thee any more; because thy merchants were the great men of the earth, because by thy sorcery have all nations been seduced.
22. "And the voice of harpers and musicians and pipers and trumpeters shall not be heard in thee any more," signifies no more any interior or exterior joys (n. 1185); "and no craftsman of whatsoever craft shall be found in thee any more," signifies no more any wisdom, intelligence, or knowledge (n. 1186); "and the voice of a millstone shall not be heard in thee any more," signifies no more any understanding of truth from the will of good (n. 1187).
23. "And the light of a lamp shall not shine in thee any more," signifies nothing of the truth of heaven and of the church (n. 1188); "and the voice of bridegroom and of bride shall not be heard in thee any more," signifies no joy from the conjunction of good and truth (n. 1189); "because thy merchants were the great men of the earth," signifies those who are in dominion and in its love and delight, and who have gained the chief honors of the world and the riches of the world (n. 1190); "because by thy sorcery have all nations been seduced," signifies that by their wicked arts and persuasions they compelled all the well disposed to believe and to do those things from which they have gained dominion and wealth (n. 1191).
1184. VERSUS 22, 23.
"Et vox citharaedorum et musicorum et tibicinum et buccinatorum non audietur in te amplius; et omnis artifex omnis artis non invenietur in te amplius, et vox molae non audietur in te amplius. Et lux lucernae non lucebit in te amplius; et vox sponsi et sponsae non audietur in te amplius; quia mercatores tui erant magnates terrae, quid veneficio tuo seductae sunt omnes gentes."
22. "Et vox citharaedorum et musicorum et tibicinum et buccinatorum non audietur in te amplius", significat nulla amplius gaudia interiora et exterior" [n. 1185] ; "et omnis artifex omnis artis non invenietur in te amplius", significat quod nulla amplius sapientia, intelligentia et scientia [n. 1186] ; "et vox molae non audietur in te amplius", significat quod non aliquis intellectus veri ex voluntate boni [n. 1187] .
23. "Et lux lucernae non lucebit in te amplius", significat quod nihil veri caeli et ecclesiae [n. 1188] ; "et vox sponsi et sponsae non audietur in te amplius", significat quod non aliquod gaudium ex conjunctione boni et veri [n. 1189] ; "quia mercatores tui erant magnates terrae", significat illos qui in dominatione et in ejus amore et jucundo sunt, ac lucrati sunt in mundo summos honores et quoque mundi opes [n. 1190] ; "quia veneficio tuo seductae sunt omnes gentes", significat quod illi per nefandas artes et persuasiones adegerint omnes probos ad credendum et ad faciendum ea, ex quibus illis dominatio et opulentia [n. 1191] .