Isaiah 8:7

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: Now therefore - for the reason given in , the Assyrian flood, which is first to overflood Syria and Samaria, shall rise high enough to reach rebel Judah also ().

Waters of the river. Euphrates, swollen in spring by the melting of the snow of the Armenian mountains (cf. ; ), is the symbol of the Assyrian power.

All his glory. Eastern kings travel with a gorgeous retinue.

He shall come up over all his channels. The Euphrates had channels, natural and artificial, in the level region, Mesopotamia.