Let the field be joyful, and all that is
therein
Not the field of the world, but of the church, separated from
others by distinguishing grace; the peculiar property of Christ,
cultivated and manured by his Spirit and grace, and abounding
with the fruits and flowers thereof; of a wilderness becoming a
fruitful field, and for that reason should rejoice, even with joy
and singing, ( Isaiah 35:1 Isaiah 35:2 ) ,
then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice;
the sons of God, so called, ( Song of
Solomon 2:3 ) , who, though like such, in their nature state,
barren and unfruitful, yet, being ingrafted into Christ, become
trees of righteousness; and so have reason to rejoice at their
root in Christ, their stability by him, and fruitfulness through
him: Jarchi interprets this of all the governors of the people;
see ( Ezekiel
17:24 ) , all this, indeed, by a prosopopoeia, may be
understood of inanimate creatures; the heavens, earth, and sea,
fields, woods, and trees, rejoicing, if they could, and in their
way, at such great and wonderful appearances in the Gentile
world; see ( Isaiah 44:23
) ( 49:13
) ( 55:12
) . Aben Ezra interprets all this of the heavens giving dew, the
earth its increase, and the field its fruit; all which is
rejoicing.