Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

Vers. 9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am: if thou take away from the middest of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the singer, and wicked speaking.

Vers. 9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answere: thou shalt crie, and hee shall say, Here I am: if thou take away from the middest of thee the yoke, the putting foorth of the singer, and wicked speaking.

Isaiah prosecutes that which he hath already begun to entreat of, namely, that the Jews should prosper in all things,¹ if they live in such equity, and so abstain from all wrong, that thence men may take notice of their piety and religion. For he pronounceth that which is said by Hosea, and is repeated by Christ: That mercy ought to be preferred before sacrifice: Hos. 6.7. Matth. 12 7. Having spoken then of the duties of charity, and likewise having protested that such as perform them shall be happy; now he ads, Then thou shalt call, and the Lord shall hear thee. For herein consists the chiefest part of our happiness: namely, if God vouchsafe to hear us: contrariwise, there cannot befall us a more woeful condition, then when he is our enemy.

ISaiah prosecutes that which he hath alreadie begun to intreate of, namely, that the Iewes should prosper in all things,¹ if they liue in such equitie, and so abstaine from all wrong, that thence men may take notice of their piety and religion. For he pronounceth that which is said by Hosea, and is repeated by Christ: That mercie ought to bee preferred before sacrifice: Hos. 6.7.