and ſhame that they were ſuch. » Heb. Of heavineſs of In:qu:ty, 5.e. of heavy or great ſins, for heavy is commonly put for grea? or grievous, as J/a: 2i: 15* and 30: 27. Jaden nortwith the ſenſe of ſin,as Mat: 11: 28: but with the guiit and bondage of fin The Chil- dren of wicked Parents, whoſe guilt they inherir, and waoſe evil Example they follow. 0 Heb. that corrupt, to wit, themſelves or their ways, or others by their counſel and example. Or, that deftroy them- (ſelves and their land by their wick:dne!s, p Not in profeſſion, but in pra&ice and realicy, negleCting or corrupring his Worſhip, refu- ſing his yoke and condudt. q They havelived asific were their greatdeſign :ad buſineſs to provoke him. r Inſtead of proceeding forward and growing in grace, which was their duty, they are all faln from their former profeſſions, and grown worſe aad worſe, + Heb, in- 4nd have impudently curn<d cheir backs upon me.
maſere= 5Why ſhould ye be ſtricken any more s,ye will f re- wht, yolt more and more 7 : the whole head is fick, and the whole heart faint «.
sIt is to no purpoſe toſeek to reclaim you by one Chaſtiſement after another 3 and therefore I will utterly foriake and deſtroy you atonce. f i fre you are incorrigible, and turneven your afflitions into ſin. « Your diſeaſe is morral, as being in che moſt noble and vital parts, the very head and heave of the- body politick, from
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whence the plague 1s derived to all che other Members,as it follows. |
And this is to be underſtood either, 1. Of their ſins ; or rather, 2. Of their miſeries Which beſt ſuits. 1. with the foregoing words, this being added as a reaſon why it was in vain to ſtrike them any more, or to expe& any amendment that way, becauſe he had ſtric - Ken them already, and that very terribly, even in their head and heart, whoſe wounds are moſt dangerous,and yet they were not at all better for it.2. With werſe 7, 8: where this Metaphor is ſo explained.
6 From the ſole of the foot even unto the head, rheye o ” Q k . zs no ſoundneſs in ic x ; but, wounds and bruiſes, and
Oc, oyte. putrifying ſores : they have not been cloſed, neither bound up,neither mollified with || oincment y.
in time alſo. Put undoubtedly he was contemporary with Hoſea, whom others {ſuppoſe to have been before bim, Compare Ifa. x. I. with Hoſea 1. 1. The Fews tell us that hewas of the Blood Royal of Fadah, whichis uncertain, But undoubtedly was the Prince of all the Prephets, whether we conſider the great extent and va- the excellency and ſublimity of thoſe My/t-vies h::h were revealed to him and by him, the Majeſty and Elegancy of his Ayle, or the incomparable Iivelineſs and power of his Sermons. He deth ſo evidently and fully deſcribe the Per- that ſome of the Ancientscalled him the fifth Evangiliſt. And it 3s obſerved that there are more Teſtimonies and Quotations 7t the New Teſtament taken out of Iaiah,than out of all the other.
| Baby'on it ſelf, Pſal: 139: 8: Iſa: 47: 1: In the ſame ſenſe we read of the
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withfire : your land, ſtrangers devour it s in your pre- ſence a,and jt is deſojate,F as overthrownby ſtrangers bB9G , |
z All rhis and what follows was verified in the daysof King haz, oy | 2 Chron: 28: ia whoſe time, and upon which occaſion, this Prophe- f Heb. & i cie ſeems to have bern delivered, as more exaQly agreeing with 792% 990% that rime than with any other. It any obje&. That this being the throw of q ficſt of bis Prophecies, muſt rather belong to the days of Uzziah, Frangeri. they muſt take notice, and it is agreed by Interpreters, and ir is un= | deniably true, that che Prophecies of 1/a:ahy as alſo of the other Pra» phets, are not ſc# down in the ſame order in which they were de- livered. bur ofrentimes the latter are put before the former. # Which your eyes ſhall (ee to torment you when there is no power 1n your hands to dcliver you. b Heb. As the overthrow of ſtrangers, i.e. which ſtrangers bring upon a land which is not theirs, nor Jike= ly to continue in their hands, and therefore they ſpare no perſons that come in their way, and they ſpoil and deſtroy all thipgs,which 15 nor uſua)ly done in wars between Perſons of the ſame; or ofa neighbour Nation, |
8 And the daughter of Zion cis left as a cottage in
a vineyard, asa lodge in a garden of cucumbers 4, as a beſieged city. | |
c 2.2. Zion, or Jeruſalem ; for theſe two names are promiſcuouſly uſed of the ſame place. The name of daughter being frequently gi- v-n to cities or countries. Thus the daughter of Babylon is pur for
aargiter of Tyre, Pſals 45: 12: and of Zidon, 1/8: 23: 12: and of Egypt, Jer: 46: 11: 24; and of Edom, Lam: 4: 21. d Is left folitary,all the neigh» bouring villages & country round abour it being laid waſte.
9 * Except the LORD of hoſts had left unto us a very ſmall remnant e, we ſhould have been as * So- qo -| dom, «rd we ſhould have been like unto Gomorrah f. , \,. |
e If God: by bis Infinite Power and Goodneſs, had not reſtrained Rom:9:29:| our enemies, and reſerved ſome of us. f The whole nation and - Gen; 19. | race of us had been utterly cur off, as the people of Sedom and Go= 24; | morrah wers., So great was the rage and power of ourenemies, and ſo utterly unable we were to deliver our ſelves. ED
10 Hear the wordof the LORD g, ye rulers of So-
om 4 ; give ear unto the law z of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
£1 ſpeak not my own fancies or paſſions,but the meſſage of yous Lord and governour,to whom you owe all reverence and obedience. h So called for their reſemblance 'of them in wickedneſs, Comp. Deut. 32: 32: Ezek 16: 46, 48. i Or,oDeFrine, as this word is Com- monly uſed : the meſſage which I am now to deliver to you from God, your great Lawgiver, which ought to have the force of 2 Law with you.
11 To what purpoſe &is the multitude of your * ſa- *Pfal:5 6: | crifices unto me / 2 ſaith the LORD :-I am full of the 8: 9. |
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burnt-offerings» of rams,and the fac of fed beatts,and ] ©5*15 p delight not in the blood » of bullocks, or of lambs,or EY [ of + he-goats, Chap.&6.3: