UIsaya 43:20

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

20 Izilo zasendle ziya kundizukisa, iimpungutye neenciniba; ngokuba ndenza amanzi entlango, nemilambo enkangala, ukuze ndiseze abantu bam, abanyulwa bam.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

beast: Isaiah 11:6-10, Psalms 104:21, Psalms 148:10

owls: or, ostriches, Heb. daughters of the owl

to give: Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 41:17, Isaiah 48:21, Isaiah 49:10, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 55:2, Jeremiah 31:9, Joel 3:18, John 4:10, John 4:14, John 7:37-39, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:17

my chosen: Isaiah 65:15, 1 Chronicles 16:13, Psalms 33:12, Mark 13:20, 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 17:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:6 - that the people Numbers 20:8 - bring forth Numbers 21:16 - Gather Judges 6:39 - dry 2 Kings 3:17 - Ye shall not Job 38:26 - on the wilderness Psalms 36:8 - and thou Psalms 78:15 - General Psalms 103:22 - all his works Psalms 135:4 - the Lord Psalms 145:10 - All thy Psalms 148:7 - ye dragons Isaiah 30:25 - upon every high Isaiah 32:2 - rivers Isaiah 35:6 - for Isaiah 41:18 - General Isaiah 44:3 - floods Ezekiel 47:8 - and go down Habakkuk 3:10 - the deep Acts 28:4 - beast 1 Corinthians 10:4 - did

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons, and the owls,.... Which is not to be understood literally of these creatures, who as they had honoured the Lord, when Israel passed through the wilderness, so would again in their way praise the Lord, when they came through the deserts from Babylon, for giving them water to drink in such dry and thirsty places, to which there may be an allusion; but spiritually of the Gentiles, compared to those creatures for the savageness, fierceness, and stupidity of them, and who were reckoned by the Jews no other than as the beasts of the field; who should honour and glorify God for the Gospel brought unto them, and for his grace and mercy bestowed on them:

because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert; as before; :-; because of the plenty of divine grace, and the means of it:

to give drink to my people, my chosen; to refresh and comfort the hearts of his people, whom he had chosen out from among the Gentiles, and now would call them by his grace, and set them a thirsting after Christ, and salvation by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The beast of the field shall honor me - The sense of this passage is plain, and the image is highly poetical and beautiful. God would pour such copious floods of waters through the waste sandy deserts to supply his people, that even the wild beasts would be sensible of his abundant goodness, and would break forth into thanksgiving and praise for the unusual supply.

The dragons - (See the note at Isaiah 13:22). The Septuagint renders the word used here (תנין tannı̂yn), by σειρῆνες seirēnes - ’sirens’ - among the ancients a marine monster that was fabled to use sweet and alluring tones of music. It is probable, however, that the Septuagint understood here some species of wild-fowl which responded to one another. The Syriac translator here interprets it as denoting some wild animal of the canine species - a wood-dog.

And the owls - Margin, as Hebrew, ‘Daughters of the owl, or ostrich’ (see the note at Isaiah 13:21).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 43:20. The beast of the field shall honour me - "The wild beast of the field shall glorify me"] The image is elegant and highly poetical. God will give such an abundant miraculous supply of water to his people traversing the dry desert in their return to their country, that even the wild beasts, the serpents, the ostriches, and other animals that haunt those arid regions, shall be sensible of the blessing, and shall break forth into thanksgiving and praises to him for the unusual refreshment which they receive from his so plentifully watering the sandy wastes of Arabia Deserta, for the benefit of his people passing through them.