7597. And the voices shall cease, and there shall be no more hail. That this signifies the end of this state, is evident from the signification of "voices" that are of thunders, as being truths Divine devastating the evil (see n. 7573); from the signification of "hail," as being falsities destroying truths (n. 7553, 7574); and from the signification of "ceasing and not being anymore," as being their end, thus the end of this state. For each plague signifies one state of the devastation of those who infest the upright in the other life.
