378. 7777. ....[Is. 26:] verse 14. "The dead," that is, the damned, do not live, that is, they do not come alive again and dominate any more. The "Rephaim"* are their chiefs, for they are like eminencies, as you may see discussed before [370, 373], having those who worship them as their greatest, as their Deity, some this one, some another one, but most, the one they had worshipped during their life, just as very many worship Abraham, Isaac no one I have heard of, Jacob also many, but not with such great honor, Moses also, and so forth, who are the chiefs of those from among the Jews. But others have different eminencies, so the papists will worship their own saints as Deities, and therefore cannot but perish, together with certain of their deities - specifically, the ones who accept that adoration and thus want to be worshipped. (See what has been told elsewhere about Peter [13, 67]). Such is their condition in heaven. Similar spirits are meant when the "Rephaim" are spoken of; do see the Collection** in regard to the Rephaim. They are also meant by those whom Joshua drove out from Hebron [Josh. 10:36-37], also called the Anakim [11:21]. mLook up to see whether Rephaim means "devoid of life," as another interpreter has it.***n [Gods; Guardian spirit; Spirit] "To visit them" is to judge them, and thus expel them. The day of visitation is the day of judgment. That they are cast down, and thus "wiped out from their memory," may be seen above [cf. WE 5923 ff.]. * KJV translates this word "deceased." ** See The Word Explained, Appendix, under "Rephaim." *** Tremellius: "expertes vitae non resurgent." See Acton's footnotes to The Word Explained 7777.