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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. 1. Come down and sit in the dust, O Virgin, daughter Babel, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called Tender and delicate.
Vers. 1. Come downe and sit in the dust, O Ʋirgin, daughter Babel, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called Tender and delicate.
1Now Isaiah sets that down at large, which he mentioned before touching Gods counsel, and the execution thereof. For he speaks here in plain terms of Babylons fall, 2because there was little or no hope that the people should ever return, as long as the Babylonicall Monarchy flourished. He therefore conjoined these two things together; §1to wit, the overthrow of this Monarchy, and §2the peoples deliverance which should ensue. For the stateliness of this City was unto the poor Jews as a deep grave, in which they were buried: but when the Lord opened it, then the peoples first life was as it were restored to them afresh. In that he commands her to come down: it hath greater weight in it then if he had directly threatened she should come down: for thus he speaks with authority, as if he were already set in a throne of judgement: for he spake nothing but what he had warrant from God to deliver; and therefore he boldly pronounceth what should happen. And this commission we see the Lord gave to Jeremiah; Behold, I have set thee this day over kingdoms and nations, that thou shouldest pluck up and destroy,