Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

Who is this that cometh up as a flood - (; Isaiah 8:7; ). The figure is appropriate in addressing Egyptians, as the Nile, their great river, yearly overspreads their lands with a turbid, muddy flood. So their army, swelling with arrogance, shall overspread the region south of Euphrates; but it, like the Nile, shall retreat as fast as it advanced.

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