Isaiah 28-35
1599 Geneva Bible
28 Against the pride and drunkenness of Israel. 9 The untowardness of them that should learn the word of God. 24 God doeth all things in time and place.
1 Woe to the [a]crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim: for his glorious beauty shall be a fading flower, which is upon the head of the [b]valley of them that be fat, and are overcome with wine.
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and [c]strong host like a tempest of hail, and a whirlwind that overthroweth, like a tempest of mighty waters that overflow, which throw to the ground mightily.
3 They shall be trodden under foot, even the crown and the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.
4 For his glorious beauty shall be a fading flower, which is upon the head of the valley of them that be fat, and as [d]the hasty fruit afore Summer, which when he hath looketh upon it, seeth it, while it is in his hand, he eateth it.
5 In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty unto the [e]residue of his people:
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for [f]strength unto them that turn away the battle to the gate.
7 But [g]they have erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drink: the Priest and the prophet have erred by strong drink: they are swallowed up with wine: they have gone astray through strong drink: they fail in vision: they stumble in judgment.
8 For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is clean.
9 [h]Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the things that he heareth? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For [i]precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line unto line, line unto line, there a little, and there a little.
11 For with a stammering [j]tongue, and with a strange language shall he speak unto this people.
12 Unto whom [k]he said, [l]This is the rest: [m]give rest unto him that is weary, and this is the refreshing, but they would not hear.
13 Therefore shall the word of the [n]Lord be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line unto line, line unto line, there a little and there a little: that they may go and fall backward, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people, which is at Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a [o]covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though a scourge run over, and pass through, it shall not come at us: for we have made [p]falsehood our refuge, and under vanity are we hid,
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lay in Zion a stone, a [q]tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. He that believeth, [r]shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the rule, and [s]righteousness to the balance, and the [t]hail shall sweep away the vain confidence, and the waters shall overflow [u]the secret place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand: when a scourge shall run over and pass through, then shall ye be trodden down by it.
19 When it passeth over, it shall take you away: for it shall pass through every morning in the day and in the night, and there shall be only [v]fear, to make you to understand the hearing.
20 For the bed is [w]strait, that it cannot suffice, and the covering narrow, that one cannot wrap himself.
21 For the Lord shall stand as in mount [x]Perazim: he shall be wroth as in the valley [y]of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
22 Now therefore be no mockers, lest your bonds increase: for I have heard of the Lord of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
23 Hearken ye, and hear my voice: hearken ye, and hear my speech.
24 Doth the plowman plow all the day, to sow? doth he open, and break the clots of his ground?
25 When he hath made it [z]plain, will he not then sow the fitches, and sow cumin, and cast in wheat by measure, and the appointed barley and rye in their place?
26 For his God doth instruct him to have discretion, and doth teach him.
27 For fitches shall not be threshed with a threshing instrument, neither shall a cartwheel be turned about upon the cumin: but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod.
28 Bread corn when it is threshed, he doth not always thresh it, neither doth the wheel of his cart still make a noise, neither will he break it with the teeth thereof.
29 This also cometh from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in works.
29 1 A prophecy against Jerusalem. 13 The vengeance of God on them that follow the traditions of men.
1 Ah [aa]altar, altar of the city that David dwelt in: add year unto year: [ab]let them kill lambs.
2 But I will bring the altar into distress, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow, and it shall be unto me like [ac]an altar.
3 And I will besiege thee as a circle, and fight against thee on a mount, and will cast up ramparts against thee.
4 So shalt thou be humbled, and shalt speak out of the [ad]ground, and thy speech shall be as out of the dust: thy voice also shall be out of the ground like him that hath a spirit of divination, and thy talking shall whisper out of the dust.
5 Moreover, multitude of thy [ae]strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of strong men shall be as chaff that passeth away: and it shall be in a moment, even suddenly.
6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and shaking, and a great noise, a whirlwind, and a tempest, and a flame of a devouring fire.
7 And the [af]multitude of all the nations that fight against the altar, shall be as a dream or vision by night: even all they that make the war against it, and strongholds against it, and lay siege unto it.
8 And it shall be like as an hungry man dreameth, and behold, [ag]he eateth: and when he awaketh, his soul is empty: or like as a thirsty man dreameth, and lo, he is drinking, and when he awaketh, behold, he is faint, and his soul longeth: so shall the multitude of all nations be that fight against mount Zion.
9 [ah]Stay yourselves and wonder: they are blind, and make you blind: they are drunken, but not with wine: they stagger, but not by strong drink.
10 For the Lord hath covered you with a spirit of slumber, and hath shut up your eyes: the Prophet, and your chief Seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of them all is become unto you, as the words of a book that is sealed up, which they deliver to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee. Then shall he say, I [ai]cannot; for it is sealed.
12 And the book is given unto him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he shall say, I cannot read.
13 Therefore the Lord said, Because this people [aj]come near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their [ak]fear toward me was taught by the precept of men,
14 Therefore behold, I will again do a marvelous work in this people, even a marvelous work, and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall [al]perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that [am]seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord: for their works are in darkness, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Your turning of devices shall it not be esteemed [an]as the potter’s clay? for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that fashioned it, He had none understanding?
17 Is it not yet but a little while, and Lebanon shall be [ao]turned into Carmel? and Carmel shall be counted as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 The meek in the Lord shall receive joy again, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy one of Israel.
20 For the cruel man shall cease, and the scornful shall be consumed: and all that hasted to iniquity, shall be cut off:
21 Which made a man to sin in the [ap]word, and took him in a snare: which reproved them in the gate, and made the just to fall without cause.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord unto the house of Jacob, even he that redeemed Abraham: Jacob shall not now be confounded, neither now shall his face be pale.
23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my Name, and sanctify the Holy one of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24 Then they that erred in spirit, [aq]shall have understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn doctrine.
30 1 He reproveth the Jews, which in their adversity used their own counsels, 2 and sought help of the Egyptians, 10 despising the Prophets. 16 Therefore he showeth what destruction shall come upon them, 18 but offereth mercy to the repentant.
1 Woe to the [ar]rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me, and [as]cover with a covering, but not by my spirit, that they may lay sin upon sin:
2 Which walk forth to go down into Egypt (and have not asked at my mouth) to strengthen themselves with the strength of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt.
3 But the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4 For his [at]princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came unto Hanes.
5 They shall be all ashamed of the people that cannot profit them, nor help, nor do them good, but shall be a shame and also a reproach.
6 ¶ The [au]burden of the beasts of the South, in a land of trouble and anguish, from whence shall come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent against them that shall bear their riches upon the shoulders of the colts, and their treasures upon the bunches of the camels, to a people that cannot profit.
7 For the Egyptians are vanity, and they shall help in vain. Therefore have I cried unto [av]her, Their strength [aw]is to sit still.
8 Now go, and write [ax]it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the [ay]last day forever and ever:
9 That it is a rebellious people, lying children, and children that would not [az]hear the Law of the Lord.
10 Which say unto the Seers, See not: and to the Prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things: but speak flattering things unto us: prophesy [ba]errors.
11 Depart out of the way: go aside out of the path: cause the Holy one of Israel to cease from us.
12 Therefore thus saith the Holy one of Israel, Because you have cast off this word, and trust in [bb]violence, and wickedness, and stay thereupon,
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be unto you as a breach that falleth, or a swelling in an high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in a moment.
14 And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potter’s pot, which is broken without pity, and in the breaking thereof is not found [bc]a shard to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.
15 For thus said the [bd]Lord God, the Holy one of Israel, In rest and quietness shall ye be saved: in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength, but ye would not.
16 For ye have said, No, but we will flee away upon [be]horses. Therefore shall ye flee. We will ride upon the swiftest. Therefore shall your persecutors be swifter.
17 A thousand as one shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of five shall ye flee, till ye be left as a ship mast upon the [bf]top of a mountain, and as a beacon upon an hill.
18 Yet therefore will the Lord wait, that he may have [bg]mercy upon you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have compassion upon you: for the Lord is the God of [bh]judgment. Blessed are all they that wait for him.
19 Surely a people shall dwell in Zion, and in Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will certainly have mercy upon thee at the voice of thy cry: when he heareth thee, he will answer thee.
20 And when the Lord hath given you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, thy rain shall be no more kept back, but thine eyes shall see thy [bi]rain.
21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, [bj]walk ye in it, when thou turnest to the right hand, and when thou turnest to the left.
22 And ye shall [bk]pollute the covering of the images of silver, and the rich ornament of thine images of gold, and cast them away as a menstruous cloth, and thou shalt say unto it, [bl]Get thee hence.
23 Then shall he give rain unto thy seed, when thou shalt sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and as oil: in that day shall thy cattle be fed in large pastures.
24 The oxen also and the young asses, that till the ground, shall eat clean provender, which is winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
25 And upon every high [bm]mountain, and upon every high hill shall there be rivers, and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers shall fall.
26 Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the [bn]Sun, and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, and like the light of seven days in the day that the Lord shall bind up the breach of his people, and heal the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, [bo]the Name of the Lord cometh from far, his face is burning, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.
28 And his spirit is as a river that overfloweth up to the neck: it divideth asunder, to fan the nations with the fan of [bp]vanity, and there shall be a bridle to cause them to err in the jaws of the people.
29 But there shall be a song unto you as in the [bq]night, when a solemn feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as he that cometh with a pipe to go unto the mount of the Lord, to the Mighty one of Israel.
30 And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall declare the lighting down of his arm with the anger of his countenance, and flame of a devouring fire, with scattering and tempest, and hailstones.
31 For with the voice of the Lord shall Assyria be destroyed, which smote with the [br]rod.
32 And in every place that the staff shall pass, it shall [bs]cleave fast, which the Lord shall lay upon him with [bt]tabrets and beards and with battles, and lifting up of hands shall he fight [bu]against it.
33 For [bv]Tophet is prepared of old; it is even prepared for the [bw]King; he hath made it [bx]deep and large: the burning thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone, doth kindle it.
31 1 He curseth them that forsake God, and seek for the help of men.
1 Woe unto them that [by]go down into Egypt for help, and stay upon horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they be very strong; but they look not unto the Holy one of Israel, nor [bz]seek unto the Lord.
2 But he yet is [ca]wisest; therefore he will bring evil, and not turn back his word, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the help of them that work vanity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, the [cb]helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall altogether fail.
4 For this hath the Lord spoken unto me, As the lion or lion’s whelp roareth upon his prey, against whom if a multitude of shepherds be called, he will not be afraid at their voice, neither will humble himself at their noise: so shall the Lord of hosts come [cc]down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5 As birds that fly, so shall the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem by defending and delivering, by passing through and preserving it.
6 O ye children of Israel, turn again, in as much as ye are [cd]sunken deep in rebellion.
7 For in that day every man shall [ce]cast out his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made you, even a sin.
8 [cf]Then shall Assyria fall by the sword, not of man, neither shall the sword of man devour him, and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall faint.
9 And he shall go for fear to his [cg]tower, and his princes shall be afraid of the standard, saith the Lord, whose [ch]fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
32 The conditions of good rulers and officers describeth by the government of Hezekiah, who was the figure of Christ.
1 Behold, [ci]a King shall reign in justice, and the princes shall [cj]rule in judgment.
2 And that man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, and as the shadow of a great rock in [ck]a weary land.
3 The eyes of [cl]the seeing shall not be shut, and the ears of them that hear, shall hearken.
4 And the heart of the foolish shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stutters shall be ready to speak distinctly.
5 A [cm]niggard shall no more be called liberal, nor the churl rich.
6 But the niggard will speak of niggardness, and his heart will work iniquity, and do wickedly, and speak falsely against the Lord, to make empty the hungry soul, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 For the weapons of the churl are wicked: he deviseth wicked counsels to undo the poor with lying words, and to speak against the poor in judgment.
8 But the liberal man will devise of liberal things, and he will continue his liberality.
9 ¶ Rise up ye women that are at ease: hear my voice, ye [cn]careless daughters, hearken to my words.
10 Ye women that are careless, shall be in fear [co]above a year in days, [cp]for the vintage shall fail, and the gatherings shall come no more.
11 Ye women that are at ease, be astonied; fear, O ye careless women: put off the clothes; make bare, and gird sackcloth upon the loins.
12 Men shall lament for the [cq]teats, even for the pleasant fields, and for the fruitful vine.
13 Upon the land of my people shall grow thorns and briers: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the city of rejoicing,
14 Because the palace shall be forsaken, and the [cr]noise of the city shall be left: the tower and fortress shall be dens forever, and the delight of wild asses, and a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the [cs]Spirit be poured upon us from above, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the [ct]plenteous field be counted as a forest.
16 And judgment shall dwell in the desert, and justice shall remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of justice shall be peace, even the work of justice and quietness, and assurance forever.
18 And my people shall dwell in the tabernacle of peace, and in sure dwellings, and in safe resting places.
19 When it haileth, it shall fall on the forest, and the [cu]city shall be in the low place.
20 Blessed are ye [cv]that sow upon all waters, and [cw]drive thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
33 1 The destruction of them by whom God hath punished his Church.
1 Woe to thee that [cx]spoilest, and wast not spoiled: and doest wickedly, and they did not wickedly against thee: when thou shalt [cy]cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled: when thou shalt make an end of doing wickedly, [cz]they shall do wickedly against thee.
2 [da]O Lord, have mercy upon us, we have waited for thee: be thou, which wast [db]their arm in the morning, our help also in time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult, the [dc]people fled: at thine [dd]exalting the nations were scattered.
4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of [de]caterpillars: and [df]he shall go against him like the leaping of grasshoppers.
5 The Lord is exalted: for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice.
6 And there shall be stability of [dg]the times, strength, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: for the fear of the Lord shall be his treasure.
7 Behold, [dh]their messengers shall cry without, and the [di]ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The [dj]paths are waste: the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant: he hath contemned the cities: he regardeth no man.
9 The earth mourneth and fainteth: Lebanon is ashamed, and hewn down: [dk]Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan is shaken and Carmel.
10 Now will I [dl]arise, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.
11 [dm]Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thorns cut up, shall they be burnt in the fire.
13 Hear, ye that are [dn]far off, what I have done, and ye that are near, know my power.
14 The [do]sinners in Zion are afraid: a fear is come upon the hypocrites: who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with the everlasting burnings?
15 He that walketh in justice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gain of oppression, shaking his hands from taking of gifts, stopping his ears from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing evil,
16 He shall dwell on [dp]high: his defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him, and his waters shall be sure.
17 Thine eyes shall [dq]see the King in his glory: they shall behold the [dr]land far off.
18 Thine heart [ds]shall meditate fear, Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a dark speech, that thou canst not perceive, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.
20 Look upon Zion the city of our solemn feasts: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: and the stakes thereof can never be taken away, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
21 For surely there the mighty Lord will be unto us, as a place [dt]of floods, and broad rivers, whereby shall pass no ship with oars, neither shall great ship pass thereby.
22 For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our lawgiver: the Lord is our King, he will save us.
23 Thy [du]cords are loosed: they could not well strengthen their mast, neither could they spread the sail: then shall the [dv]prey be divided for a great spoil: yea, the lame shall take away the prey.
24 And none inhabitant shall say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity forgiven.
34 1 He showeth that God punisheth the wicked for the love that he beareth toward his Church.
1 Come near, ye [dw]nations and hear, and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear and all that is therein, the world and all that proceedeth thereof.
2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his wrath upon all their armies: he hath [dx]destroyed them and delivered them to the slaughter.
3 And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their bodies, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven [dy]shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be folded like a book: and all their hosts shall fall as the leaf falleth from the vine, and as it falleth from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be [dz]drunken in the heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, even upon the people of [ea]my curse to judgment.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood: it is made fat with the fat and with the blood of the [eb]lambs and the goats, with the fat of the kidneys of the rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in [ec]Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 And the [ed]unicorn shall come down with them, and the heifers with the bulls, and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
8 For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompense for the judgment of Zion.
9 And the rivers thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into [ee]brimstone, and the land thereof shall be burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day: the smoke thereof shall go up evermore: it shall be desolate from generation to generation; none shall pass through it forever.
11 But the pelican [ef]and the hedgehog shall possess it, and the great owl, and the raven shall dwell in it, and he shall stretch out upon it the line of [eg]vanity, and the stones of emptiness.
12 [eh]The nobles thereof shall call to the kingdom, and there shall be none, and all the princes thereof shall be as nothing.
13 And it shall bring forth thorns in the palaces thereof, nettles, and thistles in the strongholds thereof, and it shall be an habitation for dragons, and a court for ostriches.
14 There shall [ei]meet also Ziim and Iim, and the Satyr shall cry to his fellow, and the screech owl shall rest there, and shall find for herself a quiet dwelling.
15 There [ej]shall the owl make her nest, and lay and hatch, and gather them under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her make.
16 Seek in the [ek]book of the Lord, and read: none of [el]these shall fail, none shall want her make: for [em]his mouth hath commanded, and his very spirit hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the [en]lot for them, and his hand hath divided unto them by line: they shall possess it forever: from generation to generation shall they dwell in it.
35 1 The great joy of them that believe in Christ. 3 Their office which preach the Gospel. 8 The fruits that follow thereof.
1 The [eo]desert and the wilderness shall rejoice, and the waste ground shall be glad and flourish as the rose.
2 It shall flourish abundantly, and shall greatly rejoice also and joy: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it: the beauty of [ep]Carmel, and of Sharon, they shall [eq]see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
3 [er]Strengthen the weak hands, and comfort the feeble knees.
4 Say unto them that are fearful, Be you strong, fear not: behold, your God cometh with [es]vengeance: even God with a recompense, he will come and save you.
5 Then shall the eyes of the [et]blind be lightened, and the ears of the deaf be opened.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the dumb man’s tongue shall sing: for in the [eu]wilderness shall waters break out, and rivers in the desert.
7 And the dry ground shall be as a pool, and the thirsty as springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where they lay, shall be a place for reeds and rushes.
8 And there shall be a path and a way, and the way shall be called [ev]holy: the polluted shall not pass by it: for [ew]he shall be with them, and walk in the way, and the fools shall not err.
9 There shall be [ex]no lion, nor noisome beasts shall ascend by it, neither shall they be found there, that the redeemed may walk.
10 Therefore the [ey]redeemed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with praise: and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:1 Meaning, the proud kingdom of the Israelites, which were drunken with worldly prosperity.
- Isaiah 28:1 Because the Israelites for the most part dwelt in plentiful valleys, he meaneth hereby the valley of them that had abundance of worldly prosperity, and were as it were crowned therewith as with garlands.
- Isaiah 28:2 He seemeth to mean the Assyrians, by whom the ten tribes were carried away.
- Isaiah 28:4 Which is not of long continuance, but is soon ripe and first eaten.
- Isaiah 28:5 Signifying, that the faithful, which put not their trust in any worldly prosperity, but made God their glory, shall be preserved.
- Isaiah 28:6 He will give counsel to the governor, and strength to the captain, to drive the enemies in at their own gates.
- Isaiah 28:7 Meaning, the hypocrites which were among them, and were altogether corrupt in life and doctrine, which is here meant by drunkenness and vomiting.
- Isaiah 28:9 For there was none that was able to understand any good doctrine: but were foolish and as unmeet as young babes.
- Isaiah 28:10 They must have one thing ofttimes told.
- Isaiah 28:11 Let one teach what he can, yet they shall no more understand him, than if he spake in a strange language.
- Isaiah 28:12 That is, the Prophet, whom God should send.
- Isaiah 28:12 This is the doctrine, whereupon ye ought to stay and rest.
- Isaiah 28:12 Show to them that are weary and have need of rest, what is the true rest.
- Isaiah 28:13 Because they will not receive the word of God, when it is offered, it cometh of their own malice, if after their hearts be so hardened, that they care not for it, as before, Isa. 6:9.
- Isaiah 28:15 They thought they had shifts to avoid God’s judgments, and that they could escape though all others perished.
- Isaiah 28:15 Though the prophets condemned their idols and vain trust of falsehood and vanity, yet the wicked thought in themselves that they would trust in these things.
- Isaiah 28:16 That is, Christ, by whom all the building must be tried and upheld, Ps. 118:22; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:6.
- Isaiah 28:16 He shall be quiet, and seek none other remedies, but be content with Christ.
- Isaiah 28:17 In the restitution of his Church, judgment and justice shall reign.
- Isaiah 28:17 God’s corrections and afflictions.
- Isaiah 28:17 Affliction shall discover their vain confidence, which they kept secret to themselves.
- Isaiah 28:19 Terror and destruction shall make you to learn that, which exhortations and gentleness could not bring you unto.
- Isaiah 28:20 Your affliction shall be so sore, that you are not able to endure it.
- Isaiah 28:21 When David overcame the Philistines, 2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chron. 14:11.
- Isaiah 28:21 Where Joshua discomfited five kings of the Amorites, Josh. 10:12.
- Isaiah 28:25 As the plowman hath his appointed time, and divers instruments for his labor, so hath the Lord for his vengeance: for he punisheth some at one time, and some at another, some after one sort, and some after another, so that his chosen seed is beaten and tried, but not broken, as are the wicked.
- Isaiah 29:1 The Hebrew word Ariel signifieth the Lion of God, and signifieth the Altar, because the altar seemed to devour the sacrifice that was offered to God, as Ezek. 43:16.
- Isaiah 29:1 Your vain confidence in your sacrifices shall not last long.
- Isaiah 29:2 Your city shall be full of blood, as an altar whereon they sacrifice.
- Isaiah 29:4 Thy speech shall be no more so lofty, but abased and low as the very charmers, which are in low places, and whisper, so that their voice can scarce be heard.
- Isaiah 29:5 Thine hired soldiers in whom thou trustest, shall be destroyed as dust or chaff in a whirlwind.
- Isaiah 29:7 The enemies that I will bring to destroy thee, and that which thou makest thy vain trust, shall come at unawares, even as a dream in the night. Some read, as if this were a comfort to the Church for the destruction of their enemies.
- Isaiah 29:8 That is, he thinketh that he eateth.
- Isaiah 29:9 Muse hereon as long as ye list, yet shall ye find nothing but occasion to be astonied: for your Prophets are blind, and therefore cannot direct you.
- Isaiah 29:11 Meaning, that it is all alike, either to read, or not to read, except God open the heart to understand.
- Isaiah 29:13 Because they are hypocrites and not sincere in heart, as Matt. 15:8.
- Isaiah 29:13 That is, their religion was learned by man’s doctrine, and not by my word.
- Isaiah 29:14 Meaning, that where as God is not worshipped according to his word, both magistrates and ministers are but fools and without understanding.
- Isaiah 29:15 This is spoken of them which in heart despised God’s word, and mocked at the admonitions, but outwardly bare a good face.
- Isaiah 29:16 For all your craft saith the Lord, you cannot be able to escape mine hands no more than the clay, that is in the potter’s hands, hath power to deliver itself.
- Isaiah 29:17 Shall there not be a change of all things? And Carmel that is a plentiful place in respect of that it shall be then, may be taken as a forest, as Isa. 32:15, and thus he speaketh to comfort the faithful.
- Isaiah 29:21 They that went about to find fault with the Prophet’s words, and would not abide admonitions, but would entangle them and bring them into danger.
- Isaiah 29:24 Signifying, that except God give understanding, and knowledge, man cannot but still err and murmur against him.
- Isaiah 30:1 Who contrary to their promise take not me for their protector, and contrary to my commandment seek help at strangers.
- Isaiah 30:1 They seek shifts to cloak their doings, and not godly means.
- Isaiah 30:4 The chief of Israel went into Egypt in embassy to seek help, and abode at these cities.
- Isaiah 30:6 That is, a heavy sentence or prophecy against the beasts that carried their treasures into Egypt, by the wilderness, which was south from Judah, signifying that if the beasts should not be spared, the men should be punished much more grievously.
- Isaiah 30:7 To wit, to Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 30:7 And not to come to and fro to seek help.
- Isaiah 30:8 That is, this prophecy.
- Isaiah 30:8 That it may be a witness against them for all posterity.
- Isaiah 30:9 He showeth what was the cause of their destruction, and bringeth also all misery to man: to wit, because they would not hear the word of God, but delighted to be flattered, and led in error.
- Isaiah 30:10 Threaten us not by the word of God, neither be so rigorous, nor talk unto us in the Name of the Lord, as Jer. 11:21.
- Isaiah 30:12 Meaning, in their stubbornness against God and the admonitions of his Prophets.
- Isaiah 30:14 Signifying, that the destruction of the wicked shall be without recovery.
- Isaiah 30:15 Ofttimes by his Prophets he put you in remembrance of this, that you should only depend on him.
- Isaiah 30:16 We will trust to escape by our horses.
- Isaiah 30:17 Whereas all the trees are cut down save two or three to make masts.
- Isaiah 30:18 He commendeth the great mercies of God, who with patience waiteth to call sinners to repentance.
- Isaiah 30:18 Not only in punishing, but in using moderation in the same, as Jer. 10:24 and 30:11.
- Isaiah 30:20 Or, instructor.
- Isaiah 30:21 God shall direct all thy ways, and appoint thee how to go either hither or thither.
- Isaiah 30:22 Ye shall cast away your idols, which you have made of gold, and silver, with all that belongeth unto them, as a most filthy thing, and polluted.
- Isaiah 30:22 Showing, that there can be no true repentance, except both in heart and deed we show ourselves enemies to idolatry.
- Isaiah 30:25 By these divers manners of speech he showeth that the felicity of the Church shall be so great, that none is able sufficiently to express it.
- Isaiah 30:26 When the Church shall be restored, the glory thereof shall pass seven times the brightness of the Sun: for by the Sun and Moon, which are two excellent creatures, he showeth what shall be the glory of the children of God in the kingdom of Christ.
- Isaiah 30:27 This threatening is against the Assyrians the chief enemies of the people of God.
- Isaiah 30:28 To drive thee to nothing: and thus God consumeth the wicked by that means, whereby he cleanseth his.
- Isaiah 30:29 Ye shall rejoice at the destruction of your enemies, as they that sung for joy of the solemn feast, which began in the evening.
- Isaiah 30:31 God’s plague.
- Isaiah 30:32 It shall destroy.
- Isaiah 30:32 With joy and assurance of the victory.
- Isaiah 30:32 Against Babel: meaning the Assyrians and Babylonians.
- Isaiah 30:33 Here it is taken for hell, where the wicked are tormented, read 2 Kings 23:10.
- Isaiah 30:33 So that their estate or degree cannot exempt the wicked.
- Isaiah 30:33 By these figurative speeches he declareth the condition of the wicked after this life.
- Isaiah 31:1 There were two special causes, why the Israelites should not join amity with the Egyptians: first, because the Lord had commanded them never to return thither, Deut. 17:16 and 28:68, lest they should forget the benefit of their redemption: and secondly, lest they should be corrupted with the superstition and idolatry of the Egyptians, and so forsake God, Jer. 2:18.
- Isaiah 31:1 Meaning, that they forsake the Lord, that put their trust in worldly things: for they cannot trust in both.
- Isaiah 31:2 And knoweth their crafty enterprises, and will bring all to naught.
- Isaiah 31:3 Meaning, both the Egyptians and the Israelites.
- Isaiah 31:4 He showeth the Jews, that if they would put their trust in him, he is so able, that none can resist his power: and so careful over them, as a bird over her young, which ever flieth about them for their defense: which similitude the scripture useth in divers places, as Deut. 32:11; Matt. 23:37.
- Isaiah 31:6 He toucheth their conscience, that they might earnestly feel their grievous sins, and so truly repent, forasmuch as now they are almost drowned and past recovery.
- Isaiah 31:7 By these fruits your repentance shall be known, as Isa. 2:20.
- Isaiah 31:8 When your repentance appeareth.
- Isaiah 31:9 This was accomplished soon after when Sennacherib’s army was discomfited, and he fled to his castle in Nineveh for succor.
- Isaiah 31:9 To destroy his enemies.
- Isaiah 32:1 This prophecy is of Hezekiah, who was a figure of Christ, and therefore it ought chiefly to be referred to him.
- Isaiah 32:1 By judgment and justice is meant an upright government, both in policy, and religion.
- Isaiah 32:2 Where men are weary with traveling for lack of water.
- Isaiah 32:3 He promiseth to give the true light, which is the pure doctrine of God’s word, and understanding, and zeal of the same, are contrary to the threatenings against the wicked, Isa. 6:9 and 29:10.
- Isaiah 32:5 Vice shall no more be called virtue, nor virtue esteemed by power and riches.
- Isaiah 32:9 He prophesieth of such calamity to come, that they will not spare the women and children, and therefore willeth them to take heed and provide.
- Isaiah 32:10 Meaning, that the affliction should continue long, and when one year were past, yet they should look for new plagues.
- Isaiah 32:10 God will take from you the means and occasions, which made you to contemn him: to wit, abundance of worldly goods.
- Isaiah 32:12 By the teats he meaneth the plentiful fields, whereby men are nourished as children with the teat: or, the mothers for sorrow and heaviness shall lack milk.
- Isaiah 32:14 Or, multitude.
- Isaiah 32:15 That is, when the Church shall be restored: thus the Prophets, after they have denounced God’s judgments against the wicked, used to comfort the godly, lest they should faint.
- Isaiah 32:15 The field which is now fruitful, shall be but as a barren forest in comparison of that it shall be then, as Isa. 29:17, which shall be fulfilled in Christ’s time, for then they that were before as the barren wilderness, being regenerate shall be fruitful, and they that had some beginning of godliness, shall bring forth fruits in such abundance, that their former life shall seem but as a wilderness where no fruits were.
- Isaiah 32:19 They shall not need to build it in high places for fear of the enemy: for God will defend it, and turn away the storms from hurting of their commodities.
- Isaiah 32:20 That is, upon fat ground and well watered, which bringeth forth in abundance, or in places which before were covered with waters, and now made dry for your uses.
- Isaiah 32:20 The fields shall be so rank, that they shall send out their cattle to eat up the first crop, which abundance shall be signs of God’s love and favor toward them.
- Isaiah 33:1 Meaning, the enemies of the Church, as were the Chaldeans and Assyrians, but chiefly of Sennacherib, but not only.
- Isaiah 33:1 When thine appointed time shall come that God shall take away thy power: and that which thou hast wrongfully gotten, shall be given to others, as Amos 5:11.
- Isaiah 33:1 The Chaldeans shall do like to the Assyrians, as the Assyrians did to Israel, and the Medes and Persians shall do the same to the Chaldeans.
- Isaiah 33:2 He declareth hereby what is the chief refuge of the faithful, when troubles come, to pray, and seek help of God.
- Isaiah 33:2 Which helped our fathers so soon as they called upon thee.
- Isaiah 33:3 That is, the Assyrians fled before the army of the Chaldeans, or the Chaldeans for fear of the Medes and Persians.
- Isaiah 33:3 When thou, O Lord, didst lift up thine arm to punish thine enemies.
- Isaiah 33:4 Ye that as caterpillars destroyed with your number the whole world, shall have no strength to resist your enemies the Chaldeans: but shall be gathered on an heap and destroyed.
- Isaiah 33:4 Meaning, the Medes and Persians against the Chaldeans.
- Isaiah 33:6 That is, in the days of Hezekiah.
- Isaiah 33:7 Sent from Sennacherib.
- Isaiah 33:7 Whom they of Jerusalem sent to entreat of peace.
- Isaiah 33:8 These are the words of the ambassadors, when they returned from Sennacherib.
- Isaiah 33:9 Which was a plentiful country, meaning, that Sennacherib would destroy all.
- Isaiah 33:10 To help and deliver my Church.
- Isaiah 33:11 This is spoken against the enemies, who thought all was their own: but he showeth that their enterprise shall be in vain, and that the fire which they had kindled for others, should consume them.
- Isaiah 33:13 His vengeance shall be so great, that all the world shall talk thereof.
- Isaiah 33:14 Which do not believe the words of the Prophet, and the assurance of their deliverance.
- Isaiah 33:16 Meaning, that God will be a sure defense to all them that live according to his word.
- Isaiah 33:17 They shall see Hezekiah delivered from his enemies, and restored to honor and glory.
- Isaiah 33:17 They shall be no more shut in as they were of Sennacherib, but go where it pleaseth them.
- Isaiah 33:18 Before that this liberty cometh thou shalt think that thou art in great danger: for the enemy shall so sharply assail you, that one shall cry, where is the clerk that writeth the names of them that are taxed? another, Where is the receiver? another shall cry for him that valueth the rich houses, but God will deliver you from this fear.
- Isaiah 33:21 Let us be content with this small river of Shiloah and not desire the great streams and rivers, whereby the enemies may bring in ships and destroy us.
- Isaiah 33:23 He derideth the Assyrians and enemies of the Church, declaring their destruction as they that perish by shipwreck.
- Isaiah 33:23 He comforteth the Church, and showeth that they shall be enriched with all benefits both of body and soul.
- Isaiah 34:1 He prophesieth of the destruction of the Edomites and other nations which were enemies to the Church.
- Isaiah 34:2 God hath determined in his counsel, and hath given sentence for their destruction.
- Isaiah 34:4 He speaketh this in respect of man’s judgment, who in great fear and horrible troubles, thinketh that heaven and earth perisheth.
- Isaiah 34:5 I have determined in my secret counsel, and in the heavens to destroy them till my sword be weary with shedding of blood.
- Isaiah 34:5 They had an opinion of holiness, because they came of the Patriarch Isaac, but in effect were accursed of God, and enemies unto his Church, as the Papists are.
- Isaiah 34:6 That is, both of young and old, poor and rich of his enemies.
- Isaiah 34:6 That famous city shall be consumed as a sacrifice burnt to ashes.
- Isaiah 34:7 The mighty and rich shall be as well destroyed as the inferiors.
- Isaiah 34:9 He alludeth to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Gen. 19:24.
- Isaiah 34:11 Read Isa. 13:21 and Zeph. 2:14.
- Isaiah 34:11 In vain shall any man go about to build it again.
- Isaiah 34:12 Meaning, here shall be neither order nor policy, nor state of commonweal.
- Isaiah 34:14 Read Isa. 13:21.
- Isaiah 34:15 Signifying, that Edom should be an horrible desolation and barren wilderness.
- Isaiah 34:16 That is, in the Law where such curses are threatened against the wicked.
- Isaiah 34:16 To wit, beasts and souls.
- Isaiah 34:16 That is, the mouth of the Lord.
- Isaiah 34:17 He hath given the beasts and fowls Edom for an inheritance.
- Isaiah 35:1 He prophesieth of the full restoration of the Church both of the Jews and Gentiles under Christ, which shall be fully accomplished at the last day: albeit as yet it is compared to a desert and wilderness.
- Isaiah 35:2 The Church which was before compared to a barren wilderness shall by Christ be made most plenteous and beautiful.
- Isaiah 35:2 He showeth that the presence of God is the cause that the Church doth bring forth fruit and flourish.
- Isaiah 35:3 He willeth all to encourage one another, and specially the ministers to exhort and strengthen the weak, that they may patiently abide the coming of God, which is at hand.
- Isaiah 35:4 To destroy your enemies.
- Isaiah 35:5 When the knowledge of Christ is revealed.
- Isaiah 35:6 They that were barren and destitute of the graces of God, shall have them given by Christ.
- Isaiah 35:8 It shall be for the Saints of God and not for the wicked.
- Isaiah 35:8 God shall lead and guide them, alluding to the bringing forth of Egypt.
- Isaiah 35:9 As he threateneth to the wicked to be destroyed hereby, Isa. 30:6.
- Isaiah 35:10 Whom the Lord shall deliver from the captivity of Babylon.
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