'Rivers' or 'floods' signify temptations. 'Rivers' signify truths in abundance serving the rational self, and so, the understanding, for the purpose of doctrine and life.

In Isaiah 43:2, 'rivers' and 'waters' signify difficulties and falsities.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 683)

In Ezekiel 3:1-3; and Revelation 10:10, eating the book or scroll signifies the doctrine of truth and the Word, exploring how the divine truth is received, perceived, and appropriated by people in the church. (Apocalypse Revealed 619[3])