'Pouring out the vials upon the earth, which contained the plagues,' in Revelation 16:1, signifies influx of the reformed into the church, or into people who study and receive the doctrine of justification by faith alone.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 16; Apocalypse Revealed 676)

'Vanity' signifies evil and the falsity of evil. 'Vanities of strangers' signify falsities of religion.

In Exodus 5:9, vain words signify truths when said by people who believe falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 7122)

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 340)