Both Isaiah and Jeremiah foretold that Babylon’s “rivers, ” or canals fed by the Euphrates River, which served as a protective moat, would be dried up.
( Jesajas 45: 1.) Gan Jesaja, gan Jeremija pravietoja, ka Babilonas ” straumes ” — aizsarggrāvji, ko piepildīja Eifratas upes ūdeņi, — izsīks.