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that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
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.
(Reference: Apocalypse Explained 374)