AC 8814 - truth in the clouds; AC 8823 - truth sounding the trumpets

AC 8814
. . . the signification of "a cloud,"
as being truth accommodated to those
who are about to receive . . .
they did not understand internal things,
nor were they willing to understand them,
because these were contrary to their loves,
which were
- that they might be the most exalted
of all peoples in the world,
- and also the most opulent of all,
- and that all other nations might be as nothing
in comparison with them.
Where these loves are,
there heavenly loves cannot be received,
for these are extinguished and suffocated
by the worldly loves.
This is the reason why Jehovah, that is, the Lord,
appeared to them in a dense and heavy cloud,
in like manner 
as is the case in the other life,
where they who are in falsities from evil
are encompassed with a dense and black cloud
in accordance with the quality and the amount of the falsities.
This appears to everyone there before the eyes,
and yet the Sun there is continually shining.
Speaking generally,
the Divine in the other life appears to everyone
according to the quality of his faith and love.

AC 8823
. . . the signification of "the voice of the trumpet,"
as being heavenly or angelic truth
conjoined with what is Divine,
thus what is general of revelation;
for truth Divine is revelation,
and that which is made clear
through the medium of heaven
is general
relatively to the truth Divine itself in heaven . . ..
For the case herein is as it is with sound which is on high,
where the atmosphere is purer,
and the sound is silent;
but when it descends to lower regions
where the atmosphere is denser,
it becomes louder and more sonorous.
So it is with Divine truth and Divine good,
which in the highest are peaceful
and cause no disturbance whatever;
but when they descend toward lower things
they gradually become unpeaceful,
and finally tumultuous.
This is what is so described by the Lord
in the first book of the Kings
to Elijah, when he was in Horeb:

Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Jehovah;
behold Jehovah is passing by;
so that there was a great and strong wind
rending the mountains, and breaking in pieces
the rocks before Jehovah;
Jehovah was not in the wind.
Then after the wind an earthquake;
yet Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
After the earthquake a fire;
Jehovah was not in the fire.
Lastly after the fire a still small voice.*
(1 Kings 19:11, 12)
* The Latin has "a still thin voice" (vox silentii tenuis).