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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. 33. Behold, the Lord God of hosts shall out off the bough with fear, & they of high stature shall be cut off, and the hie shall be humbled. 34. And he shall cut away the thick places of the sorest with iron, and Lebanon shall have a mighty fall.
Vers. 33. Behold, the Lord God of hostes shal out off the bough with feare, & they of high stature shall be cut off, and the hie shall be humbled. 34. And he shall cut away the thick places of the sorest with iron, and Lebanon shall haue a mightie fall.
Almost all the expositors do expound this place of the Assyrians, for they think the Prophet threatens this destruction wherewith the Lord will root them out after they have besieged Jerusalem; as if he should speak on this wise, The Assyrian shall be so swollen with pride, that he will think himself sure of Jerusalem as soon as he shall have once looked upon it: and also, that all shall be astonished at his coming, so as some shall flee away, others shall yield themselves voluntarily; therefore he will by and by imagine himself Lord over all: but the Lord will suddenly overthrow all his designs, and will cut down his high branches. Yet when we advisedly consider every thing, and especially that which is by and by added of Lebanon, with the consolation that followeth, I am of opinion that this place ought to be referred to the Jews themselves. So then Isaiah, as I think, continues still to threaten the calamities which should happen soon after to the people: as if he should say, the Assyrian shall not only come to Nob, but shall spoil the whole country; and therefore he shall waste and wholly root out whatsoever is beautiful and good therein, even as if one should cut off the boughs from the trees, or as if the tree it self should be plucked up by the roots.