— upaToi) it is properly said of what is beautiful and pleasant in nature. — o ) nod eg, the feet) at a distance, how much more their countenances [or else mouths , as preachers] close at hand. — r&b evuyysX ify/x'evuv, of them that bring glad tidings) for while they speak, the Lord Himself speaks, Is. lii. 7, with which comp. ver. 6.
16. AX?.’, but) Here the fault is at last pointed out. — ov n avreg, not all) An antithesis to every one , whosoever , ver. 11, etc. The fault lies with men, especially with the Jews : not ally i.e. almost nobody, comp, the who f which immediately follows. — ucr^oLftrai/) comp, uto in vnsruyr) <sav, ver. 3. Those, too, should and might have obeyed, who have not become obedient. — Xiy?/) says, presently after the words quoted from him in ver. 15, [by Paul]. See John xii. 38, note.
17.1 ” Apa, then) From the complaint of the prophet respecting the unbelief of his hearers, he infers, that the word of God and preaching, the propet source and handle of faith, were not wanting. — axo^gyaxori, hearing, and hence [the thing heard] speech, word, preaching.
18. obx rixovtiuv, Have they not heard? \jaf\ Interrog. implies a negative answer is expected : so Latin num ; you cannot say they have not heard, can you f] ) You camiot say, can you, that the faculty of hearing was wanting in them, since faith comes only by hearing ? — eig vacav — py/aara ccbru v) So the lxx., Ps. xix. 5. In that Psalm, there is a comparison drawn, and the protasis is accordingly, ver. 2-7, and the apodosis, ver. 8, etc. Hence we clearly perceive the same reason for the Proclamation made by the heavens, and the Gospel,2 which penetrates into all things [So the proclamation of the heavens, “ There is no speech,” etc., u where their voice is not heard,” etc.] The Com- parison rests mainly on the quotation of the apostle, and offers no violence to the text. — <5 tpQoyycg, the sound, Ps. xix. 5, Ip. Aquila had at a former period translated that word xavuv, rule. — Comp, by all means, 2 Cor. x. 13. Every apostle had his own region and province, as it were, defined, to which his voice was to come, but a rule only refers to single individuals, a sound or word extends to the whole earth.
1 ’Upcuu, [the report] of us) thy ambassadors, he means. — V. g.
2 “The heavens declare the glory of God,” etc.: KYipvnouv to preach , is properly to proclaim as a herald. — Ed.