Verse Revelation 16:12. Upon the great river Euphrates] Probably meaning the people in the vicinity of this river; though some think that the Tiber is intended.

The water thereof was dried up] The people discomfited, and all impediments removed.

The kings of the east] There seems to be an allusion here to the ruin of Babylon by Cyrus, predicted by the Prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah 50:1. But what city or people is pointed out by this Babylon it is in vain to conjecture.

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