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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. 12. And they shall be of thee, that shall* build the old waste places: and thou shalt raise up the foundations for many generations; and thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach, and the restorer of the paths to dwell in.
Vers. 12. And they shall be of thee, that shall* build the old waste places: and thou shalt raise vp the foundations for many generations; and thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach, and the restorer of the paths to dwell in.
- *Or, restore the old deserts.
BY deserts, the Prophet means an horrible waste which befell the Jews at that time,1 when they were led captives: for the Land became like a desert, the cities were ruinated, the Temple was razed, the people made bondslaves, and scattered into all quarters. He calls them deserts, and old, because they could not be so soon reedified; neither was there any hope left that the people should be restored to their first estate. If any City be wasted or laid on heaps, yet as long as the inhabitants remain there, it may in short time be restored: but if the inhabitants which dwelt therein be dead, or have bin carried away into a far Country, and shall be long absent, what hope is left that such a City should be new built again? Will it not seem strange if a long while after the ruin thereof, one should say; The people which seemed forlorn, shall build and repair it again? Seeing this promise then was incredible, the Prophet meant to meet with this doubt. For they might object; If the Lord meant to raise us to our former estate, why suffers he us to languish so long a time? He answers, that the length of time shall not let God to raise up the things again that were fallen to the earth for many years together. Now this must not be restrained to the building of the Temple begun by Zerubbabel, and continued by Nehemiah,