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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. 21. Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall* go to and fro in it: and when he shall be hungry, he shall even fret himself, and curse his King and his gods, and shall look upward.
Vers. 21. Then hee that is afflicted and famished, shall* goe to and fro in it: and when he shall be hungry, he shall euen fret himselfe, and curse his King and his gods, and shall looke vpward.
- *O•, shall pass by this Country.O•, shall passe by this Country.
Lest the faithful should suffer themselves to be enwrapped in the common errors, he adds how horrible the punishment is which threateneth the wicked when they shall be once revolted from God, and also shall enforce themselves to draw others to the same revolt with them. The place is somewhat obscure, but the cause thereof proceeds of this, that some have not weighed the words as they ought to have done. Now the verb Abar hath great weight: for by this word To pass, he signifies the giddiness which causeth men to wander, so as they are altogether disquieted, not being able to stay long in any place whatsoever. We must supply a noun to the verb indefinite, to wit, The Jews shall pass. By the pronoun in it, he understands the country of Judea, which the Lord had preferred above all other regions: and therefore this may be well enough understood, albeit the Prophet hath not expressed it. As if he should say, I have promised indeed that this region should be the perpetual heritage of my people,1 but they shall be as restless vagabonds; and it shall fare with them as with those who being driven out of their country, being afflicted with pestilence, famine, and all manner of miseries, do seek every where for some place of abode better then their own, but can no where find it. Thus these words are opposed to that singular benefit of God, whereof Moses makes mention so often, to wit, that they should dwell perpetually in Judea: for he foretells here that they shall be wanderers and vagabonds not in their country, but in a strange region, so as in whatsoever place they should arrive, they should be assailed and vexed with infinite calamities.