Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

Vers. 3. And let not the son of the stranger which is joined to the Lord speak• and say, The Lord hath surely separate me from his people: neither let the Eunuch say, behold, I am a dry tree.

Vers. 3. And let not the sonne of the strāger which is ioined to the Lord speak• and say, The Lord hath surely separate me from his people: neither let the Eunuch say, behold, I am a drie tree.

The Prophet shows that this grace of God shall be such,¹ that those who were far off from him before, and against whom the gate was shut, should now obtain a new estate, or should be placed again in their right. And thus he meets with their complaints, that they should not say they were rejected, unworthy, aliens, or shut out for any infamous note; because the Lord would take away all lets and impediments. Now this may be as well referred to the Jews, whose temporary §1rejection had made them like to strangers, §2as to the profane nations: and for mine own part, I refer it both to the one and to the other, that so it may agree with the prophecy of Hosea, J vvill call them my people which were not my people. Hose. 1.10.

THe Prophet shewes that this grace of God shall be such,¹ that those who were farre off from him before, and against whom the gate was shut, should now obtaine a new estate, or should be placed againe in their right. And thus he meets with their complaints, that they should not say they were reiected, vnworthie, aliants, or shut out for any infamous note; because the Lord would take away all lets and impediments. Now this may be as well referred to the Iewes, whose temporarie