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Jeremiah 51:36

Jeremiah 51:36

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Her sea; i.e. the Euphrates (comp. ), or perhaps the lake dug by Nitocris to receive the waters of the Euphrates, Herod; 1.185 (Payne Smith). Comp. on "the reeds," . Her springs, rather, her reservoirs.

There are no springs, remarks Dr. Payne Smith, in the flat alluvial soil of Babylonia. The Hebrew word makor is used here collectively for the whole system of canals and reservoirs for the storing of the water.

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