Isaiah 8:7

Now therefore lit. "and therefore," introducing the apodosis; a combination not found elsewhere.

bringeth up upon them Not North Israel, but Judah, "this people."

the waters of the river The Euphrates, explained in the next clause as a symbol of the Assyrian power. The figure of the verse is based on the fact that in summer the Euphrates overflows its banks, an obvious emblem of the aggressive policy of the great world-power.