14.  make  their  waters  deep--rather,  "make  . . .  to  subside";
  literally,  "sink"  [FAIRBAIRN].
  
         
  like  oil--emblem  of  quietness.  No  longer  shall  they  descend
  violently  on  other  countries  as  the  overflowing  Nile,  but  shall  be  still
  and  sluggish  in  political  action.
JFB.
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