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geneva@Isaiah:7:18 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for the (note:)Meaning, the Egyptians: for since the country is hot and moist, it is full of flies, as Assyria is full of bees.(:note) fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.

geneva@Isaiah:7:20 @ In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the (note:)That is, that which is from the belly downward meaning that he would destroy both great and small.(:note) feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

geneva@Isaiah:8:6 @ Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of (note:)Which was a fountain at the foot of mount Zion, out of which ran a small river through the city: meaning, that they of Judah distrusting their own power which was small desired such power and riches as they saw in Syria and Israel.(:note) Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

geneva@Isaiah:8:7 @ Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of (note:)That is, the Assyrians who dwell beyond Euphrates.(:note) the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks:

geneva@Isaiah:11:15 @ And the LORD shall utterly destroy the (note:)Meaning a corner of the sea that enters into the land and has the form of a tongue.(:note) tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand That is, Nile, the great river of Egypt which enters into the sea with seven streams. over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.

geneva@Isaiah:17:2 @ The cities of (note:)It was a country of Syria by the river Arnon.(:note) Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.

geneva@Isaiah:18:1 @ Woe to the (note:)He means that part of Ethiopia which lies toward the sea, which was so full of ships that the sails (which he compares to wings) seemed to shadow the sea.(:note) land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Cush:

geneva@Isaiah:18:2 @ That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of (note:)Which is those countries were great, so much so that they made ships from them for swiftness.(:note) bulrushes upon the waters, [saying], This may be taken that they sent others to comfort the Jews and to promise them help against their enemies, and so the Lord threatened to take away their strength, that the Jews should not trust in it: or that they solicited the Egyptians and promised them aid to go against Judah. Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and stripped, to a That is, the Jews who because of God's plague made all other nations afraid of the same, as God threatened in (Deu_28:37). people terrible from their beginning to this time; a nation measured by line and trodden down, whose land the Meaning the Assyrians, (Isa_8:7). rivers have laid waste!

geneva@Isaiah:18:7 @ In that time shall the (note:)Meaning that God will pity his Church, and receive that little remnant as an offering to himself.(:note) present be brought to the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and stripped, and from a people terrible from their beginning to this time; a nation measured by line and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

geneva@Isaiah:19:5 @ And the waters shall (note:)He shows that the sea and their great river Nile by which they thought themselves most sure, would not be able to defend them but that he would send the Assyrians among them, that would keep them under as slaves.(:note) fail from the sea, and the rivers shall be wasted and dried up.

geneva@Isaiah:19:6 @ And they shall turn the (note:)For the Nile ran into the sea by seven streams, as though they were many rivers.(:note) rivers far away; [and] the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

geneva@Isaiah:23:3 @ And by great waters the (note:)Meaning, the corn of Egypt which was fed by the overflowing of the Nile.(:note) seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a merchandise of nations.

geneva@Isaiah:23:10 @ Pass through thy land as a river, O (note:)Your strength will no more serve you: therefore flee to other countries for comfort.(:note) daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.

geneva@Isaiah:27:12 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall gather from the channel of the (note:)He will destroy all from the Euphrates to the Nile: for some fled toward Egypt, thinking to have escaped.(:note) river to the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:30:25 @ And there shall be upon every high (note:)By these various manners of speech he shows that the happiness of the Church will be so great, that no one is able sufficiently to express it.(:note) mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

geneva@Isaiah:33:21 @ But there the glorious LORD [will be] to us a place (note:)Let us be content with this small river of Shiloah and not desire the great streams and rivers, by which the enemies may bring in ships and destroy us.(:note) of broad rivers [and] streams; in which shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass through it.

geneva@Isaiah:37:25 @ I have dug, (note:)He boasts of his policy in that he can find means to nourish his army: and of his power in that his army is so great, that it is able to dry up whole rivers, and to destroy the waters which the Jews had closed in.(:note) and drank water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

geneva@Isaiah:41:18 @ I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry (note:)God would rather change the order of nature than that they should want anything, who cry to him by true faith in their miseries: declaring to them by this that they will lack nothing by the way, when they return from Babylon.(:note) land springs of water.

geneva@Isaiah:43:2 @ When thou passest through the (note:)By water and fire he means all kinds of trouble and peril.(:note) waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

geneva@Isaiah:43:19 @ Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the (note:)Meaning, that their deliverance out of Babylon would be more famous than that from Egypt was, (Jer_23:7; Hag_2:10; 2Co_5:17; Rev_21:5, Rev_21:7).(:note) wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.

geneva@Isaiah:43:20 @ The (note:)They will have such abundance of all things as they return home, even in the dry and barren places, that the very beasts will feel my blessings and will acknowledge them: much more men ought to be thankful for the same.(:note) beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

geneva@Isaiah:44:27 @ That saith to the (note:)He shows that God's work would be no less notable in this their deliverance, than when he brought them out of Egypt, through the sea.(:note) deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

geneva@Isaiah:47:2 @ Take the millstones, and (note:)You will be brought to most vile servitude: for to turn the mill was the office of slaves.(:note) grind meal: uncover thy locks, The things in which she sets her greatest pride, will be made vile, even from the head to the foot. make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

geneva@Isaiah:66:12 @ For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend (note:)I will give her happiness and prosperity in great abundance.(:note) peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Read (Isa_60:16). Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye be nursed, ye shall be You will be cherished as her dearly beloved children. borne upon [her] sides, and be dandled upon [her] knees.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:18 @ And now what hast thou to do in the way of (note:)To seek help from man, as though God was not able enough to defend you, which is to drink from the puddles and to leave the fountain, (Isa_31:1).(:note) Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the That is, Euphrates. river?

geneva@Jeremiah:13:4 @ Take the sash that thou hast bought, which [is] upon thy loins, and arise, go to (note:)Because this river was far from Jerusalem, it is evident that this was a vision, by which it was signified that the Jews would pass over the Euphrates to be captives in Babylon, and there for length of time would seem to be rotten, although they were joined to the Lord before as a girdle about a man.(:note) Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:9 @ They shall come with (note:)That is, lamenting their sins which had not given ear to the prophets and therefore it follows that God received them to mercy, (Jer_50:4). Some take it that they should weep for joy.(:note) weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of Where they found no impediments, but abundance of all things. waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] That is, my dearly beloved as the first child is to the father. my firstborn.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:2 @ Against Egypt, against the army of (note:)Read (2Ki_23:29, 2Ki_24:7; 2Ch_35:20).(:note) Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, who was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:6 @ Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the (note:)The Babylonians will discomfit them at the river Euphrates.(:note) north by the river Euphrates.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:7 @ Who [is] this [that] cometh up as (note:)He derides the boastings of the Egyptians, who thought by their riches and power to have overcome all the world, alluding to the Nile river, which at certain times overflows the country of Egypt.(:note) a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

geneva@Jeremiah:46:10 @ For this [is] the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satisfied and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath (note:)He calls the slaughter of God's enemies a sacrifice, because it is a thing that pleases him, (Isa_34:6).(:note) a sacrifice in the north country That is, at Carchemish. by the river Euphrates.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:1 @ Concerning the (note:)They were separated from the Moabites by the river Arnon, and after the ten tribes were carried away into captivity, they invaded the country of Gad.(:note) Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why [then] doth their king That is, of the Ammonites. inherit Gad, and his people dwell in Meaning, of the Israelites. his cities?

geneva@Jeremiah:50:38 @ A (note:)For Cyrus cut the river Euphrates and divided the course of it into many streams, so that it might be passed over as though there had been no water: which he did by the counsel of two of Belshazzar's captains, who conspired against their king, because he had gelded one of them in spite and slain the son of the other.(:note) drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad over [their] idols.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:13 @ O thou that dwellest upon many (note:)For the land of Chaldea was full of rivers which ran into the Euphrates.(:note) waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:31 @ One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at (note:)By turning the course of the river one side was made open and the reeds that grew in the water were destroyed which Cyrus did by the counsel of Gobria and Gabatha Belshazzar's captains.(:note) [one] end,

geneva@Ezekiel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the (note:)After that the book of the Law as found, which was the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, so that twenty-five years after this book was found, Jeconiah was led away captive with Ezekiel and many of the people, who the first year later saw these visions.(:note) thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Which was a part of Euphrates so called. Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of That is, notable and excellent visions, so that it might be known, it was no natural dream but came from God. God. The Argument - After Jehoiachin by the counsel of Jeremiah and Ezekiel had yielded himself to Nebuchadnezzar, and so went into captivity with his mother and various of his princes and of the people, some began to repent and murmur that they had obeyed the prophet's counsel, as though the things which they had prophesied would not come to pass, and therefore their estate would still be miserable under the Chaldeans. By reason of which he confirms his former prophecies, declaring by new visions and revelations shown to him, that the city would most certainly be destroyed, and the people grievously tormented by God's plagues, in so much that they who remained would be brought into cruel bondage. Lest the godly despair in these great troubles, he assures them that God will deliver his church at his appointed time and also destroy their enemies, who either afflicted them, or rejoiced in their miseries. The effect of the one and the other would be chiefly performed under Christ, of whom in this book are many notable promises, and in whom the glory of the new temple would perfectly be restored. He prophesied these things in Chaldea, at the same time that Jeremiah prophesied in Judah, and there began in the fifth year of Jehoiachin's captivity.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:3 @ The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the (note:)That is, the spirit of prophecy, as in (Eze_3:22, Eze_37:1).(:note) hand of the LORD was there upon him.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:15 @ Then I came to them of the captivity at (note:)Which was a place by Euphrates where the Jews were prisoners.(:note) Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there overwhelmed among them Declaring here that God's ministers must with advisement and deliberation utter his judgments. seven days.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:23 @ Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the (note:)Meaning, the vision of the cherubims and the wheels.(:note) glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:3 @ And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the (note:)He speaks of all the places where the Israelites accustomed to commit their idolaters, threatening them with destruction.(:note) mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, [even] I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:20 @ This [is] the (note:)That is, the whole body of the four beasts or cherubims.(:note) living being that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they [were] the cherubim.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:3 @ Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great (note:)He compares Pharaoh to a dragon which hides himself in the Nile river, as in (Isa_51:9).(:note) dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] my own, and I have made [it] for myself.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:4 @ But I will put (note:)I will send enemies against you who will pluck you and your people which trust in you out of your sure places.(:note) hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales, and I will bring thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick to thy scales.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:9 @ And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, (note:)Thus God cannot permit man to attribute anything to himself or put his trust in anything save in him alone.(:note) The river [is] mine, and I have made [it].

geneva@Ezekiel:31:4 @ The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round his plants, and sent out her (note:)Many other nations were under their dominion.(:note) little rivers to all the trees of the field.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:12 @ And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are (note:)By this is signified the destruction of the power of the Assyrians by the Babylonians.(:note) broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:2 @ Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou art like a young (note:)Thus the scriptures compare tyrants to cruel and huge beasts which devour all that are weaker than they and such as they may overcome.(:note) lion of the nations, and thou [art] as a whale in the seas: and thou didst come forth with thy rivers, and didst You prepared great armies. trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst foul their rivers.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:6 @ I will also water with thy blood the land in which thou (note:)As the Nile overflows in Egypt, so will I make the blood of your host overflow it.(:note) swimmest, [even] to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:14 @ Then will I make (note:)That is, of the Chaldeans your enemies, who will quietly enjoy all your conveniences.(:note) their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:6 @ Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the (note:)Because you have been a laughing stock to them.(:note) shame of the nations:

geneva@Ezekiel:43:3 @ And [it was] according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, [even] according to the vision that I saw (note:)When I prophesied the destruction of the city of the Chaldeans.(:note) when I came to destroy the city: and the visions [were] like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:5 @ Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass over: for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a (note:)Signifying that the graces of God would never decrease, but ever abound in his Church.(:note) river that could not be passed over.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:7 @ Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many (note:)Meaning, the multitude of them that would be refreshed by the spiritual waters.(:note) trees on the one side and on the other.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:9 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] every thing that liveth, which moveth, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come there: for they shall be (note:)The waters which by nature are salt and unwholesome will be made sweet and comfortable.(:note) healed; and every thing shall live where the river cometh.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:28 @ And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the (note:)Which is here taken for Idumea.(:note) border shall be even from Which was Jericho the city of palm trees. Tamar [to] the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, [and] to the Meaning, the Nile that runs into the sea called the Mediterranean. river toward the great sea.

geneva@Daniel:8:2 @ And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I [was] at Shushan [in] the palace, which [is] in the province (note:)That is, of Persia.(:note) of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

geneva@Daniel:8:3 @ Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a (note:)Which represented the kingdom of the Persians and Medes, which were united together.(:note) ram which had [two] horns: and the [two] horns [were] high; but one [was] Meaning Cyrus, who after grew greater in power than Darius his uncle and father-in-law. higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

geneva@Daniel:10:4 @ And in the four and twentieth day of the (note:)Called Abib, which contains part of March, and part of April.(:note) first month, as I Being carried by the Spirit of prophecy so that he could see the river Tigris. was by the side of the great river, which [is] Hiddekel;

geneva@Daniel:12:5 @ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the (note:)Which was the Tigris.(:note) river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

geneva@Daniel:12:7 @ And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his (note:)Which was as it were a double oath, and did the more confirm the thing.(:note) right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a Meaning, a long time, a longer time, and at length a short time: signifying that their troubles would have an end. time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished When the Church will be scattered and diminished in such a way as it will seem to have no power. to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.