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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. 15. The Lord also shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with his mighty wind shall lift up his hand over the river, and shall smite him in his seven streams, and cause men to walk therein with shoes.
Vers. 15. The Lord also shall vtterlie destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with his mightie wind shall lift vp his hand ouer the riuer, and shall smite him in his seauen streames, and cause men to walke therein with shooes.
He means nothing else in this verse but to show that the Lord by his admirable power will open a way unto his people which seemed to be shut up before. Now he speaks by a figure, for one side of the sea is called a tongue, because when the sea enters upon both lands, and occupies one part, it seems like a tongue thrust out. He speaks of the Egyptian sea then, yea of Egypt it self, which he yet more plainly declares hereafter. But he principally names the sea and the rivers, because these be fortresses of the regions and the closings in of all passages.
He meanes nothing else in this verse but to shew that the Lord by his admirable power will open a way vnto his people which seemed to be shut vp before. Now he speakes by a figure, for one side of the sea is called a tongue, because when the sea enters vpō both lands, and occupies one part, it seemes like a tongue thrust out. He speakes of the Egyptian sea then, yea of Egypt it selfe, which he yet more plainly declares hereafter. But he principallie names the sea and the riuers, because these be fortresses of the regions and the closings in of all passages.