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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. 3. And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their bodies; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Vers. 3. And their slaine shall bee cast out, and their stinke shall come vp out of their bodies; and the mountaines shall be melted with their blood.
BY this circumstance he shows that the destruction shall be great: for if but a few persons be slain, they bury them. But when so many are slain, that those which be left alive, are not able to bury them, they care not much to leave them unburied: so as the stink of the carcasses, as ye know, ascends and corrupts the air. Thus it appears that God is strong enough to root out infinite armies. It may be also the Prophet meant to set forth this judgement of God at large, because besides the killing of the nations, there would be shame and disgrace brought upon them, in regard their dead were deprived of the right and honour of burial. Afterwards he amplifies the horror of the discomfiture, in saying, that their blood shall flow from the mountains, as if they were dissolved or molten: as when breaches of great rivers do violently descend, and carry earth and all before them. And thus he again shows, that no means shall be left them to escape, because the slaughter shall be no less in the mountains, then in the plain where the battle is pitched.
BY this circumstance hee shewes that the destruction shall be great: for if but a few persons be slaine, they burie them. But when so many are slaine, that those which be left aliue, are not able to burie them, they care not much to leaue them vnburied: so as the stinke of the carkases, as yee know, ascends and corrupts the ayre. Thus it appeares that God is strong enough to roote out infinit armies. It may be also the Prophet meant to set forth this iudgement of God at large, because besides the killing of the nations, there would be shame and disgrace brought vpon them, in regard their dead were depriued of the right and honour of buriall. Afterwards he amplifies the horrour of the discomfiture, in saying, that their blood shall flow from the mountaines, as if they were dissolued or molten: as when breaches of great riuers doe violently descend, and carry earth and all before them. And thus he againe shewes, that no meanes shall be left them to escape, because the slaughter shall bee no lesse in the mountaines, then in the plaine where the battell is pitched.