Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 44:27

27. That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers .

That with a word can and will dry up the Sea (which in Scripture is very frequently called the deep, as Psal. 107. 24. Isa. 63. 13. Ionah 2. 3. &c.) and Rivers, and remove all impediments, and make the Way plain, that my People may return. Some think these words relate to that stratagem of Cyrus, whereby he diverted, and in a great measure dried up the river Euphrates, and made it passable for his Army. But he seems rather to allude to that great Action of God's drying up the Red-Sea and Iordan, to give passage to the Israelites.

Marginal references: Chap. 50. 2.