1132. Verse 10. Standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, that great city Babylon, that strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
"Standing afar off for fear of her torment," signifies while they are in externals from dread of infernal punishments; "saying, Woe, woe, that great city Babylon," signifies lamentation over that doctrine, and over that religion; "that strong city," signifies which had fortified itself by so many wicked artifices; "for in one hour is thy judgment come," signifies their total destruction by the Last Judgment.