A17640:1170
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. 14. And now the Lord hath spoken, saying, In three years, as the yee••s of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned in all the great multitude, and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
Vers. 14. And now the Lord hath spoken, saying, In three yeeres, as the yee••s of an hireling, and the glorie of Moab shal be contemned in all the great multitude, and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
Three years.] The time is not only prefixed for the certainty, but also to the end the faithful might not languish in waiting any longer. Now he alludes to the agreements and covenants of men, wherein they have been wont to set down a certain day which they must not break. This is specially done in mercenary businesses; which similitude is often used in the scriptures,1 because the hireling waits with exceeding desire for the appointed day wherein he is to receive his wages. For they groan as it were under the burden, and bear their ordinary labours unwillingly. Thus God saith, he will assign a certain day unto the Moabites which they shall not escape; but all their puissance shall therein be brought to nothing. He speaks expressly of the multitude, because they were a great people; and therefore bragged of it as if they had been invincible. Where he ads that the remnant shall be feeble. he means, there shall be such a change, that there shall be great odds between their former and latter estate, because nothing shall be seen but a woeful and hideous spectacle in those that remain.