A17640:1892
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. 2. But I will bring the Altar into distress: and there shall be heaviness and sorrow; and it shall be unto me like an Altar.
Vers. 2. But I will bring the Altar into distresse: and there shall be heauinesse and sorrow; and it shall be vnto mee like an Altar.
I Think that the letter Vau, should be taken here for a particle adversative; as if he should say, Yet will I execute my judgements upon you, and will avenge my quarrel, although it seem for a time, that in thus sparing of you, I am at one with you. In the next place he threatens them with sorrow and lamentation, in stead of their festival days. Some think the word sorrow to be an adjective: but I am not of their mind; for it is taken in the same sense in the Lamentations of Jeremiah, Chap. 2.5. The Prophet shows then that the Lord will bring this City into such distress, that the Jews shall well perceive they have not to do with men, but with God: so that howsoever the Assyrians made war upon them, yet they should know to their cost, that God was their chief Commander and Captain.
I Thinke that the letter Ʋau, should bee taken here for a particle aduersatiue; as if he should say, Yet will I execute my iudgements vpon you, and will auenge my quarrell, although it seeme for a time, that in thus sparing of you, I am at one with you. In the next place hee threatens them with sorrow and lamentation, in stead of their festiual daies. Some thinke the word sorrow to bee an adiectiue: but I am not of their mind; for it is taken in the same sense in the Lamentati•ns of Ieremiah, Chap. 2.5. The Prophet shewes then that the Lord will bring this Citie into such distresse, that the Iewes shall well perceiue they haue not to do with men, but with God: so that howsoeuer the Assyrians made war vpon them, yet they should know to their cost, that God was their chiefe Commander and Captaine.