Isaiah 8:6

6. Forasmuch as this people Israel is especially meant, though Judah, in a general sense, is included.

Refuseth the waters of Shiloah The “waters of Shiloah,” or Siloah, are doubtless the same which are better known under their later name of Siloam, (see note and cut, John 9:7,) the only perennial spring in Jerusalem, supplying the pool of that name at the foot of the hill Ophel in the southeast part of the city. (See Thomson’s “Land and Book,” vol. 2.)

Softly Its waters gently flowing, typical of the true Davidic sovereignty, as the mighty Euphrates here symbolizes the distant Assyrian monarchy proudly crowning its banks. (See map.) So in the Apocalypse the Euphrates symbolizes the world-power Babylon. Revelation 9:14; Revelation 16:12.