3426. 'Saying, The water is ours' means that they possess the truth, or that truths are theirs. This is clear from the meaning of 'water' as cognitions, and also as truths, dealt with in 28, 680, 739, 2702, 3058.

1262. From this it now becomes clear that 'the earth' here also means the Church; for when the earth is mentioned, one's only perception is of the nation or people there, and when a nation or people is envisaged one's only perception is of their character. Consequently 'the earth' means nothing other than the Church, as shown already in 662, 1066.