AE 727b - "rod & staff"

AE 727b [14]
As "rod and staff" signify the power of Divine truth,
and thus Divine truth in respect to power,
so in the contrary sense "rod and staff"
also signify the power of infernal falsity,
and thence infernal falsity in respect to power.

Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked,
the rod of them that rule.
(Isaiah 14:5)

"To break the staff of the wicked"
signifies to destroy the power of falsity from evil; and
"to break the rod of them that rule"
signifies to destroy the rule of falsity.