Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

1. *Or, voice.
2. *Or, peoples.

He returns now to the former doctrine; or rather continues it; having in the middest thereof placed a brief exclamation. First, he showed that the Assyrians should be destroyed, albeit they then seemed out of danger. Now he calls forth the Jews to be eye-witnesses of the same: for the multitudes of the enemies being in a manner infinite, every one quaked and thought them invincible. Isaiah therefore sets before their eyes their fearful ruin, and that no less then if it were already come to pass. He speaks in the plural number, calling them peoples, because the Monarchy of the Assyrians was compact of many nations, and their Camp was gathered out of many Countries. But be it their numbers were so infinite. What then? Yet they shall miserably perish, saith our Prophet.

Hee returnes now to the former doctrine; or rather continues it; hauing in the middest thereof placed a briefe exclamation. First, hee shewed that the Assyrians should be destroyed, albeit they then seemed out of danger. Now he calles forth the Iewes to be eye-witnesses of the same: for the multitudes of the enemies being in a maner infinit, euerie one quaked and thought them inuincible. Isaiah therefore sets before their eyes their fearfull ruin, and that no lesse then if it were alreadie come to passe. He speakes in the plurall number, calling them peoples, because the Monarchy of the Assyrians was compact of many nations, and their Campe was gathered out of many Countries. But be it their numbers were so infinit. What then? Yet they shall miserably perish, saith our Prophet.