Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

THE VII. CHAPTER.

Vers. 1. And in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah, Rezin the king of^* Aram came up, and Peka the son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem to fight against it, but he could not overcome it.

Vers. 1. And in the dayes of Ahaz the sonne of Iotham the sonne of Ʋzziah king of Iudah, Rezin the king of^* Aram came vp, and Peka the sonne of Remaliah king of Israel, to Ierusalē to fight against it, but he could not ouercome it.

1. *Or, Syria.

There is here recited an excellent prophecy of the wonderful deliverance of Jerusalem, even when it might have seemed wholly desolate. Now the Prophet recounts all circumstances, to the end by them the miracle might be the more admirable; that it might clearly appear how the City was preserved by the mere goodness of God, and not by any policies or power of men. For this people were so ungrateful, that unless after the deliverance, all these things had been brought to their remembrance one after another; they could not understand how they were delivered by the hand of God. And few there were who in the present danger waited upon that which Isaiah had promised; because they judged of the public state of the kingdom and of their own also, according to that which they saw with their eyes. To the end then he might lay forth the excellent benefit of God, he sets all circumstances before them, that so they might acknowledge out of how great danger they were delivered when God freed them out of their enemies hands. As touching our selves, let us know that this mercy was showed to a people unthankful, to the end the Church might be preserved; and that Christ at the last might appear.