Upon many waters - The great wealth of Babylonia was caused not merely by the Euphrates, but by a vast system of canals, which served for de…

O you that dwell upon many waters.— The words find an illustration of singular interest in an inscription of Nebuchadnezz…

The word שכנתי, shekenti, is to be understood here as שכנת, shekenet, meaning a dweller; and the passage becomes clearer when we …

O thou that dwells upon many waters. Here Babylon is addressed, either by the Lord, or by the prophet, or the godly Jews;…

The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…