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floods of water are rising in the north; they will be like an overflowing river
The two phrases have similar meaning and are combined for emphasis. The "waters" and "river" both represent the army coming from the north (probably the Babylonians). (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
they will overflow the land
"they" refers to the army from the north.