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Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah
A commentary upon the prophecy of Isaiah. By Mr. John Calvin. Whereunto are added four tables ... Translated out of French into English: by C.C.A commentary vpon the prophecie of Isaiah. By Mr. Iohn Caluin. Whereunto are added foure tables ... Translated out of French into English: by C.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Vers. 20. It shall not be* inhabited for ever, neither shall it be dwelled in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there; neither shall the shepherds make their folds there.
Vers. 20. It shall not be* inhabited for euer, neither shall it be dwelled in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there; neither shall the sheepheards make their foldes there.
- *Or, sit upon.Or, sit vpon.
BY the word To sit, he signifies a firm estate; as if he should say, Never look that Babel shall be restored any more. For all these phrases of speech tend to one and the same end; namely, the Babylonians shall be so destroyed, that their ruin shall be perpetual. This also he further amplifies when he adds, that the destruction shall be so great, that the very Arabians shall disdain to pitch their tents there, and the shepherds their folds. Now we may well say that this place was become wonderful desert, and inhabitable, seeing these vagabonds made no reckoning of it: for this nation of the Arabians in very deed,1 did nothing else but trot up and down, and had no settled abiding. For having left their own Country, because it was barren; and therefore is called the desert Arabia, (for of that we speak) and being given to nourish cattle and to hunting, they frisked it hither & thither, and abode in the midst of the fields; especially in places of best pasture. Thence it came that the Greeks called them by a name which signifieth dwellers in tents.
BY the word To sit, hee signifies a firme estate; as if he should say, Neuer looke that Babel shall be restored any more. For all these phrases of speech tend to one and the same end; namely, the Babylonians shall be so destroyed, that their ruine shall be perpetuall. This also he further amplifies when he addes, that the destruction shall be so great, that the verie Arabians shall disdaine to pitch their tents there, and the sheepheards their foldes. Now wee may well say that this place was become wonderfull desert, and inhabitable, seeing these vagabonds made no reckoning of it: for this nation of the Arabians in verie deed,