Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
waters. The symbol of the Chaldean armies.
the north. Compare Jeremiah 46:20.
men. Hebrew. adam.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 47:2
Jeremiah 47:2
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.