'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.

(Riferimenti: Apocalypse Revealed 683)

In Numbers 31:5, Numbers 32:17, this signifies prepared to accept knowledges of truth. (Apocalypse Explained 430[11])

(Riferimenti: Arcana Coelestia 2162; Daniel 10:6)