'She conceived again and bore a son', as previously, means spiritual conception and birth from what is external towards things that are more internal still. 'For Jehovah has heard' means in the highest sense providence, in the internal sense the will of faith, in the interior sense obedience, in the external sense the sense of hearing - faith in the will which is received from the Lord alone being meant here. 'That I was hated' means the state of faith if there is no will corresponding to it. 'And has given me this one also' means that which happens next. 'And she called his name Simeon' means the essential nature of it.