"And they of the people and tribes and tongues and nations shall see," signifies with all who are in falsities and evils of religion, of doctrine, and of life; "their bodies three days and a half," signifies the complete extinction of Divine Truth and Divine Good; "and they shall not suffer their bodies to be put in sepulchres," signifies their rejection and damnation. "And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and shall be glad," signifies the delights of infernal love with those who are opposed to the goods and truths of the church; "and they shall send gifts one to another," signifies their consociation; because those two prophets tormented them that dwell upon the earth," signifies anxiety of heart in the devastated church on account of these.