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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. 10. Thine holy cities lie wast: Zion is a wilderness, and Jerusalem a desert.
Vers. 10. Thine holy cities lie wast: Sion is a wildernes, and Ierusalem a desert.
The Church here again recounts her miseries,1 that she might thereby bow the Lord to compassion and forgiveness. She saith, the Cities were wasted; and for an amplification she adds, that Zion is become a wilderness; for it was the seat royal in which God would be called upon. Then he adds Jerusalem, wherein Zion was. For it seemed strange that the City which God had consecrated to himself, should be laid on heaps and wasted by the enemy.
THe Church here againe recounts her miseries,1 that she might thereby bow the Lord to compassion and forgiuenes. She saith, the Cities were wasted; and for an amplification she addes, that Zion is become a wildernes; for it was the seate royall in which God would be called vpon. Then he addes Ierusalem, wherein Zion was. For it seemed strange that the Citie which God had consecrated to himselfe, should be laid on heapes and wasted by the enemie.
- 1The Church recounts her misery again in this, and in the verse following.The Church recountes her miserie againe in this, and in the verse following.