Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 32:20

20. Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters , that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass .

As the barren Forrest shall be destroyed with hail, ver. 19. so the fruitful Field shall be improved, and bring forth much Fruit; which is signified by a Declaration of the blessedness of them that Sow in it.

In all moyst and fat Grounds, which are like to yield good Fruit. But this passage, as well as others in the foregoing Verses, is to be understood mystically, and seems to respect the times of the Gospel. The Prophet reflecting upon his own unsuccessful Labours, of which he complains, Isa. 49. 4. and elsewhere, and foreseeing by the Spirit, the great and happy Success of his Successors, the Ministers of the Gospel; tacitely bewails his own unhappiness, who sowed his Seed upon dry and barren Ground, by congratulating the happiness of the Apostles, who sowed their Seed more generally, upon all fit Grounds, without any distinction between Iews and Gentiles; and who found the Ground, to wit, the hearts of the people, more moistned and softned, and better prepared to receive the good Seed of God's Word.

Which Creatures they employed in plowing and sowing the Ground, Deut. 22. 10. Psal. 144. 14. Isa. 30. 24.