Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:13

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13. waters — ( Jeremiah 51:32 ; Jeremiah 51:36 ; see on Jeremiah 51:36- : ). The Euphrates surrounded the city and, being divided into many channels, formed islands. Compare as to spiritual Babylon "waters," that is, "many peoples," Revelation 17:1 ; Revelation 17:15 . A large lake also was near Babylon. measure —literally, "cubit," which was the most common measure, and therefore is used for a measure in general. The time for putting a limit to thy covetousness [GESENIUS]. There is no " and " in the Hebrew: translate, "thine end, the retribution for thy covetousness" [GROTIUS]. MAURER takes the image to be from weaving: "the cubit where thou art to be cut off"; for the web is cut off, when the required number of cubits is completed ( Isaiah 38:12 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"

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