saith to the deep, Be drie, &c.] Intimating, that his work in this their deliverance should be no lesse notable, then when he saved them by passage through the red sea, and the river of Jordan. See Chap. 43. 16. and 51. 10, 11. Alluding withall, it may be, to the drying up of Euphrates, by Cyrus his device, for the surprisall of Babylon. See Jeremiah 50:38. and 51. 32, 36. Revelation 16:12.