O thou that dwells, &c.— Upon the river Euphrates, which encompassed Babylon, and was thought to render the city impregnable. Many waters also signify mystically the many people over whom this was the reigning city. Compare Revelation 17:1; Revelation 17:15.
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Jeremiah 51:13
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.