518. [verse 14] 'The second woe is past, behold the third woe is coming quickly' signifies lamentation over the perverted state of the Church, and finally the last lamentation, of which hereafter. That 'woe' signifies lamentation over the perverted state of the Church may be seen above (n. 416); by 'the third woe' is signified the last lamentation when [the perversion] is complete and it is the end, for 'three' and 'a third' signify those things (n. 505). 'To come quickly' signifies hereafter, and 'hereafter' is from chapters xii to xvii following, and finally chapter xx, where it treats of the last judgment upon them.