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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. 25. That I will break Ashur to pieces in my land, and upon my mountains will I tread him under foot: so that his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden shall be taken from off their shoulder.
Vers. 25. That I will breake Ashur to pieces in my land, and vpon my mountaines will I tread him vnder foote: so that his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden shal be taken from off their shoulder.
Some think this is spoken of the host of Sennacherib, 1which was destroyed by the Angel, whilst the siege was before Jerusalem. If we shall receive this interpretation, the sense will be thus; to wit, The Lord will shortly show some evident proof of this ruin, wherewith he threatened the Babylonians. For those which heard the prophecies, might ask, What shall the ruin of Babel profit us, when she hath destroyed us first? were it not better for us to remain in our own land, & that she might continue safe? What consolation can we take in her destruction, seeing with her our selves must also perish? And truly I make no question but Isaiah sets before them a proof of Gods favour in the destruction of their enemies; which was either come to pass already, or should shortly happen. I dare not affirm in what time the Prophet foretold this,2 unless there be some probable conjecture, that the discomfiture of the host of Sennacherib, made by the Angel, was already accomplished. According to this sense the Prophet should take this famous example, to give them good hope of the deliverance to come: as if he had said; You have heretofore felt how miraculously God assisteth his people in time of need. And this is the reason which makes me think the army of Sennacherib was already destroyed. It was needful then that there should be some use of this doctrine.