Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
make their waters deep—rather, "make . . . to subside"; literally, "sink" [FAIRBAIRN].
like oil—emblem of quietness. No longer shall they descend violently on other countries as the overflowing Nile, but shall be still and sluggish in political action.
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