1023. Verses 20, 21. And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. And a great hail, as it were, the weight of a talent, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail; for the plague thereof was exceedingly great. "And every island fled," signifies that there was no longer any truth of faith: "and the mountains were not found," signifies that there was no longer any good of love. "And a great hail, as it were, the weight of a talent, came down from heaven upon men," signifies falsities in the highest degree infernal, destroying all the understanding of truth with the men of the church: "and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail," signifies falsification thence of the Word: