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27.Saying to the deep. This is generally considered to be an allegorical description of Babylon, and I certainly do not deny that it is included; but yet I cannot think of limiting it to Babylon, for I prefer to view it simply as denoting any unexpected change. He shews that some great revolution will be necessary, as if the people must be drawn out of the depths of the sea, but declares that God will easily surmount every obstacle, for he can easily “ the deep dry, and dry up the rivers.” In my opinion he rather appears to allude to that former redemption, (Exo_14:29,) when the Lord brought the people out of Egypt through the Red Sea; as if he had said, “ did this for your fathers, and therefore you ought to hope for the same thing from me, and not to imagine that a return to your native land shall be closed against you.”