8333. Into the sea. That this signifies damnation, is evident from the signification of “the sea Suph,” as being hell (n. 8099, 8137, 8138); here damnation, because it is said that they “came into the sea,” and afterward that “Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them,” by which is signified that they sank down into hell, for they come into damnation before they come into hell.