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1181. Verse 21. And one strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast down, that great city, and shall be found no more.
"And one strong angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea," signifies all the confirmations of their doctrine from the Word cast down into hell with them; "saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast down, that great city, and shall not be found any more," signifies the total destruction of that doctrine and religion, and that they shall not rise again.
1181. Verse 21. And one strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon, that great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more.
21. "And one strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast into the sea," signifies all confirmations of their doctrine from the Word cast with them into hell (n. 1182); "saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon, that great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more," signifies the total destruction of that doctrine and religious persuasion, and that they shall not rise again (n. 1183).
1181. VERSUS 21.
"Et sustulit unus angelus robustus lapidem quasi molarem magnum, et projecit in mare, dicens, Sic impetu dejicietur Babylon, illa magna urbs, et non invenietur amplius."
21. "Et sustulit unus angelus robustus lapidem quasi molarem magnum, et projecit in mare", significat omnes confirmationes doctrinae illorum ex Verbo cum illis conjectas in infernum [n. 1182] ; dicens, Sic impetu dejicietur Babylon, illa magna urbs, et non invenietur amplius", significat destructionem totalem doctrinae et religiosi istius, et quod non resurgent [n. 1183] .