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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. 7. Behold I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a noise and return to his own land: and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Vers. 7. Behold I will send a blast vpon him, and hee shall heare a noise and returne to his owne land: and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his owne land.
Some translate; I will put my Spirit within him: as if the Prophet spake of some secret instinct of heart; but this is too constrained. The similitude is very apt, in that he shows God hath a whirl-wind in his hand, which shall drive Sennacherib away before it into another place. The holy Scripture is often wont to use such a kind of speech,1 in comparing the wicked to straw and chaff; because God is able with the least blast of his mouth to scatter them whither soever he will; even then when they think themselves at the strongest. He compares the trouble then which fell upon the host of Sennacherib, to a whirl-wind, which carried him violently out of Judea. In the next place, he showeth that it will be as easy for God to chase this enemy away, as it is for a whirl-wind to drive chaff or straw before it. The like is to be said of all tyrants, be they never so strong and mighty.
SOme translate; I will put my Spirit within him: as if the Prophet spake of some secret instinct of heart; but this is too constrained. The similitude is very apt, in that hee shewes God hath a whirle-wind in his hand, which shall driue Sennacherib away before it into another place. The holy Scripture is often wont to vse such a kind of speech,1