_The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem._ Ver. 1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw._] An august title or inscription, such as is not to be found in the whole book again, unless it be in the former chapter. There, alas! he had laboured in vain, and spent his... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Ver. 2. _And it shall come to pass, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Mic 4:1 _"_ where we shall find... [ Continue Reading ]
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Ver. 3. _And many people shall... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Ver. 4. _And he shall judge among the nations, &c._] _See T... [ Continue Reading ]
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. Ver. 5. _O house of Jacob._] So Micah 2:7, "O thou that art called the house of Jacob, and the house of Israel." Isa 5:7 Thou that art "called a Jew, and makest thy boast of God." Rom 2:17 This Rupertus maketh to be the voice and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers._ Ver. 6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people._] Or, But thou hast, &c. By a sad apostroph... [ Continue Reading ]
_Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither [is there any] end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of their chariots:_ Ver. 7. _Their land also is full of silver._] They had forsaken the fountain of living waters, and now they hew them out brok... [ Continue Reading ]
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: Ver. 8. _Their land also is full of idols._] As Babylon, "a land of idols"; Jer 50:38 as Athens, "wholly given to idolatry"; Act 17:16 as China is said to have in it at this day a hun... [ Continue Reading ]
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Ver. 9. _And the mean man boweth down._] There is a general conspiracy, and they are altogether become abominable. Lords and lowlies, kings and captives, all sorts were idolaters. Some render it, "Shall be... [ Continue Reading ]
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. Ver. 10. _Enter into the rock, and hide thee,_] _q.d., _ Do if thou canst; go where thou thinkest thou mayest be most secret and secure; but God's hand will surely find thee and ferret thee out,... [ Continue Reading ]
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. Ver. 11. _The lofty looks of man shall be humbled._] _Ipsi antea tumidi et cervicosi Deum ultorem agnoscent._ God shall bring down the haughty from their lofty t... [ Continue Reading ]
For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low: Ver. 12. _For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud._] These he "knoweth afar off"; Psa 138:6 these he "resisteth... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, Ver. 13. _And upon all the cedars of Lebanon._] Which was to the north. _Ab Aquilone nihil boni._ That are high and lifted up.] No man's might or height, whether of state or of stature, can secure h... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up, Ver. 14. _And upon all the high mountains._] _Optimates et dynastas designat._ Hereby he meaneth the grandees and magnificoes, and all that are puffed up with an opinion of their own power or policy.... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, Ver. 15. _And upon every high tower._] In these the Jews trusted, as sure help in time of distress, but all in vain.... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. Ver. 16. _And upon all the ships of Tarshish._] Or, Of the Mediterranean Sea, the ships whereof were of great bulk and burden, and perhaps were garnished and inlaid with curious pictures, called here pictures of desire: “ _Pictasq... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day._ Ver. 17. _And the loftiness of man shall be._] This is oft inculcated, and all little enough to abate and abase the pride of people, and to "bring down ever... [ Continue Reading ]
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. Ver. 18. _And the idols he shall utterly abolish._] Their names shall be cut off out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered, Zec 13:2 unless it be with shame and detestation. Eze 16:61 Psa 16:4 Hos 14:8 Isa 30:22... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Ver. 19. _And they shall go into the holes._] See Isaiah 2:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; Ver. 20. _In that day a man shall cast his idols._] Though never so much worth either for weight or workmanship, for value or elegance; he shall... [ Continue Reading ]
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Ver. 21. _To go into the clefts of the rocks._] See Isaiah 2:10. Only here the double repetition of this dreadful judgment... [ Continue Reading ]
Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Ver. 22. _Cease ye from man._] Man or means, human helps and creature comforts; think not that these can secure you from an angry God, or moat you up against his fire. Put not your trust in princes, nor in t... [ Continue Reading ]