147. 'To him will I give authority over the nations' signifies that they shall overcome within themselves the evils that are from hell. That by 'nations' in the Word are understood those who are in good, and in the Opposite sense those who are in evil, thus abstractly goods and evils, may be seen below (n. 483). Here, therefore, by 'giving authority over the nations' is signified giving them [the ability] to overcome within themselves evils from hell.