8287. The floods stood as a heap. That this signifies that those who are continually attempting evil could not in the least infest, is evident from the signification of “standing as a heap,” when said of falsities from evil, as being to continually attempt evil, for when floods stand as a heap, they are a menace, and are in the effort to flow in, but are withheld by a stronger force; and from the signification of “the floods,” as being falsities from evil, in like manner as “waters” (n. 7307, 8137, 8138); but they are called “floods” on account of their effort to flow in, that is, to infest.