Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

HE prosecutes the same similitude still,¹ and compares Gods children unto little babes which are carried in arms, whom the mothers cherish in their bosoms: with whom also they use to sport and play. Now that the Lord might the better express to the full the great love he bears us,² he compares himself to mothers, who are wont to surpass all others in kindness to their children, as we noted in Chap. 49.15. The Lord then will needs be our mother, as it were, that he may show himself to be tender over us, (as if he dandled us in his lap: in stead of those troubles, outrages, miseries, and anguishes which we have sustained.

HE prosecutes the same similitude still,¹ and compares Gods children vnto little babes which are carried in armes, whom the mothers cherish in their bosomes: with whom also they vse to sport and play. Now that the Lord might the better expresse to the full the great loue he beares vs,² hee compares himselfe to mothers, who are wont to surpasse all others in kindnesse to their children, as wee noted in Chap. 49.15. The Lord then will needes be our mother, as it were, that he may shew himselfe to be tender ouer vs, (as if hee dandled vs in his lap: in stead of those troubles, outrages, miseries, and anguishes which we haue sustained.

1. 1The former similitude prosecuted.
2. 2In vers. 13.

By peace, he means felicity: and in the word glory, there is a repetition, under which is comprehended all sorts of riches: so as they should want nothing appertaining to a full and perfect peace. For in as much as the Gentiles lived sumptuously before, Use. and had all things at will; he affirms that the faithful also shall enjoy whatsoever belongs to an happy life; even in as great abundance, as the floods which flow into the sea.