And all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh. I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree to flourish. I, Yahweh, have spoken and I will do it.’”
“trees.” In this context, a “tree” is a person. This is the figure of speech hypocatastasis. [For more on trees being people, see commentary on Luke 3:9. For more on hypocatastasis, see commentary on Rev. 20:2].
