turn the rivers far away] For want of water, lengthening their chanels, to conveigh it as far as they can: or, deriving the stream of the river, for the making of a great pool else-where; to the no small prejudice of the whole land. of defence] That are the strength of Egypt, Ezekiel 29:3. &Ezekiel 32:2. or, that are fenced with strong banks to keep them in, vers. 10. emptied and dried up] Or, exhaust, drained. Job 28:4. reeds and flags] Exodus 2:3.