Isa 27:1, Jer 51:36 | JFB | STEP | 1. sore —rather, "hard," "well-tempered." leviathan —literally, in Arabic, "the twisted animal," applicable to every great tenant of the waters, sea-serpents, crocodiles, &c. In , &c., potentates hostile to Israel are similarly described; antitypically and ultimately Satan is intended ( ). piercing —rigid [LOWTH ]. Flying [MAURER and Septuagint ]. Long, extended, namely, as the crocodile which cannot readily bend back its body [HOUBIGANT ]. crooked —winding. dragon — Hebrew, tenin; the crocodile. sea —the Euphrates, or the expansion of it near Babylon.

Isaiah 27:1

1. sore—rather, "hard," "well-tempered."

leviathan—literally, in Arabic, "the twisted animal," applicable to every great tenant of the waters, sea-serpents, crocodiles, &c. In Eze 29:3; 32:2; Da 7:1, &c. Re 12:3, &c., potentates hostile to Israel are similarly described; antitypically and ultimately Satan is intended (Re 20:10).

piercing—rigid [LOWTH]. Flying [MAURER and Septuagint]. Long, extended, namely, as the crocodile which cannot readily bend back its body [HOUBIGANT].

crooked—winding.

dragon—Hebrew, tenin; the crocodile.

sea—the Euphrates, or the expansion of it near Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:36

36. plead . . . cause— (Jer 50:34).

sea—the Euphrates (Jer 51:13; Jer 50:38). Compare Isa 19:5, "sea," that is, the Nile (Isa 21:1).