John Trapp on Isaiah 43:19-20

Ver. 19. Shall ye not know it?] Or, Do ye not perceive it? He ſpeaketh of it as preſent and under view.

And rivers in a deſart] As once when I ſet the flint abroach, Exod. 17.6. Num. 20.8, 11. Pſal. 105.41. By this way in the Wilderneſſe, and rivers in the deſart, underſtand the doctrine of the Goſpel, and the comforts of the Spirit, Joh. 7.38, 39.

Vet. 20. The beaſts of the feild ſhall honour me] i. e. In their kind they ſhall: ſo ſhall brutiſh and ſavage perſons,Lib. 3. de Rep. Lib. 31. Mor. c. 5. when tamed and turned by the word of Gods Grace. The malignities of all creatures are in man (as Plato alſo obſerved) in doloſo enim eſt vul[illegible: 1 letter]es, in crudeli leo, in libidinoſo amica luto ſus, &c. Gregory by Dragons here underſtands profane and carnal people: by Owls or Oſtriches, hypocrites. Theſe being converted ſhall ſing Halleluja's to God: but let them take heed that they turn not, with the dog, to their own vomit again, &c. 2 Pet. 2.22. For