Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 32:20

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 32:20

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 32:20

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass." — Isaiah 32:20 (ASV)

Blessed are you that sow beside all waters. —The picture of a golden age of agriculture receives its final touch. The whole land should be irrigated by calmly flowing streams, and men should cast their seed broadcast, and the oxen and the donkeys should draw the plow over a rich and fertile land. The whole land should be under tillage, instead of being left to supply a poor and meager pasture, or to bring forth nothing but the thorns and briars of Isaiah 32:13. It is obvious that here also a spiritual meaning underlies the literal.