Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 43:20

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Isaiah 43:20

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Isaiah 43:20

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen," — Isaiah 43:20 (ASV)

Because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

Oh, the wonders of the love of God! Wherever he has a chosen people, there every mercy shall certainly come. If they are in the wilderness, waters shall come to them; if they are in the desert, rivers shall flow to them; but drink they shall have till they come where they can drink to the full at the living fountains of water at God's right hand.

The dragons and the owls:

Alarmed and startled, as God's people pass by on their way to the land which God would give them, –