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; (See Gill on Isaiah
43:19); 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.