7316. Behold I smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river. That this signifies power over the falsities which are from fallacies, is evident from the signification of “the rod,” as being power (see above, n. 7309); and from the signification of “the waters which are in the river,” as being falsities from fallacies (of which also above, n. 7307).