The floor, as in Matthew 3:12, signifies the world of spirits which is between heaven and hell, and where the separation of evils and falsities from goods and truths takes place.

In Hosea 9:2, this signifies the Word as to the good of charity; and a wine-press, as to the good of love.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 374)

5426. 'To buy food' means to make the truth of good their own. This is clear from the meaning of 'buying' as making one's own, dealt with in 4397, 5374, 5406, 5410; and from the meaning of 'food' as the truth of good, dealt with in 5293, 5340, 5342.