14. in, &c.--Greek, "epi to potamo"; "on," or "at
the great river."
Euphrates--(Compare
Re 16:12).
The river whereat Babylon, the ancient foe of God's people was
situated. Again, whether from the literal region of the Euphrates, or
from the spiritual Babylon (the apostate Church, especially
ROME), four angelic ministers of God's judgments
shall go forth, assembling an army of horsemen throughout the four
quarters of the earth, to slay a third of men, the brunt of the
visitation shall be on Palestine.
JFB.
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