I went and hid it by Euphrates] To signifie, say some, that their ruine should come for their travelling to Euphrates, to seek to the Assyrians, and relying upon them. 2 Kings 16:7. Chap. 2. 18, 36. Others, that they should that way go into captivity: where for continuance of time they should seem to be rotted. Ezekiel 3:15. and Ezekiel 37:11.