Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 51:42
The sea—the host of Median invaders. The image (compare Jeremiah 47:2; Isaiah 8:7-8) is appropriately taken from the Euphrates, which, overflowing in spring, is like a "sea" near Babylon (Jeremiah 51:13, Jeremiah 51:32, Jeremiah 51:36).
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