Jer 51:42 | JFB | STEP | 42. The sea-- the host of Median invaders. The image (compare ; , ) is appropriately taken from the Euphrates, which, overflowing in spring, is like a "sea" near Babylon ( , ).

‏ Jeremiah 51:42

42. The sea--the host of Median invaders. The image (compare Jr 47:2; Is 8:7, 8) is appropriately taken from the Euphrates, which, overflowing in spring, is like a "sea" near Babylon (Jr 51:13, 32, 36).