A17640:1485
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. 6. Go ye over to Tarshish: howl ye that dwell in the Isles.
Vers. 6. Goe yee ouer to Tarshish: howle ye that dwell in the Iles.
HE speaks not only to the Tyrians, but also to the strangers who were in league with them, in regard of their commerce: now he commands that they get them to some other place, and to seek out other havens. And he names Cilicia, which was opposite to Tyre: as if he should say, This port which hath been so much frequented, shall hereafter be so forsaken, that the ships shall sail into an other quarter, quite an other way. For when Merchants see a port broken, or a mart abolished, they are wont to seek out others. He puts one Isle for many, as we have expounded before; because the change of the number is a thing common among the Hebrews: and against these Isles he threatens, that they shall howl; because their maintenance depended upon this trade of merchandise. Besides, their books of reckonings and accounts were mingled here and there.
HE speakes not onely to the Tyrians, but also to the strangers who were in league with them, in regard of their commerce: now hee commands that they get them to some other place, and to seeke out other hauens. And he names Cilicia, which was opposite to Tyre: as if hee should say, This port which hath been so much frequented, shall hereafter be so forsaken, that the ships shall saile into an other quarter, quite an other way. For when Merchants see a port broken, or a mart abolished, they are wont to seeke out others. He puts one Ile for many, as we haue expounded before; because the change of the number is a thing common among the Hebrewes: and against these Iles he threatens, that they shall howle; because their maintenance depended vpon this trade of merchandise. Besides, their bookes of reckonings and accounts were mingled here and there.