oo .., of the ſtreets. *For all this his anger is not turned a- _ "9% way, buthis hand is ſtretched our ſtill -. : _ 4: r A Metaphorical and Hyperbolical Deſcription of a grievous Ca- lamitry, familiar in the Prophets, as 1/a: 64: 1, 2: Fer: 4* 24; and in other Authors. 5 Ready to give you another and a forer Blow, Thi: is nor t:- end, as you vainly imagine ; bur, if you repent not, the beginning of your Sorrows,and an Earneſt of furtier Calamiries. 26 And he will lifr up an entign # to the nations from far «, and will * hiſs unto them x from the ends of t1e earth y: and behold,they ſhall come with ſpeed ſwifcly.
t To call them together for his Service, as Generals uſe to do for the raiſing of Armies. .« Eirher 1. Tothe Afhrians, of whom he ſpeaks nore particularly, ch. 10. and thar under this fame Charafter of a People thar come Fom far, v. 3. and who did not long after this Prophecy invade Judea,and did much miſchief in it, Although that parr of the Pre'i&ion, v 29. They ſhall lay hold of the prey, and (ball carry it away [afe, andnone ſhall deliver it do not ſeem to agree to them nor that Invaiion ; tor the ſjrians were fi rced to retreat with great ſhame and 1oſs, and the J-ws were delivered from them. Or, 2. Te the Chaldeaxs ; for even Babylon is called a far Countrey, . Tſa: 39: 3; And he ſaith Natrons, becaute the Chaldean Army was made up of ſeveral Nations. x Or,wil whiſtle unto or for them : Wil gather them together by his Word, as Shepherds gather their Siezp, He inci mates how eaſily and ſpeedily God can do this Work. y Whict: 1: nor to be under{tood ſtriatly bur popularly,ard with a latitude,from very remore Placcs 3 although parr of rhe Chaldean Army did come from Places nor very far diſtant from the end of that part of tie World, ſo far asit was then known»
27 None ſhall be weary z,nor ſtumble amongſt them: none {hall ſlumber nor ſleep 4 : neither ſhall the girdle
oftheir loins be looſed, nor the latcher of their ſhoes be broken 5.
2 Though their March be long and tedious. As I have called them to this Work, ſo I will ſtrengthen and aſſiſt them 1n 1t aThe) ſhall all be witchful & diligent to take allOpportunity* and Adyan- rages of executing my Judgments. upon my People. © Which oth+er- wiſe would hinder, or at leaſt ſlacken them in their March. 1 will take all Impediments out of their way. ;
28 Whoſe arrows are ſharp,and all their bow s benc c : their horſes hoofs ſhall be counted like flint 4, and their wheels like a whirlwind e.
c Who are every way furniſhed and ready for my Work, wait- ing only for my Command. # Becauſe they ſhall not be broken or battered by the lengrh or ſtonineſs and ruggedneſs of the Way. e Partly for the ſwiftneſs of their March, and partly for the force and violence of their Chariots in Battel,
29 Their roaring (ball be like a lion, they ſhall roar like young lions f ; yea, they (ball roar andlay hold of
the prey, and ſhall carry ic away ſafe, and none g ſhall deliver it, D f Which ſignifies both their Cruelty, Md their greedineſs and ea- gerneſs to catch and devour the Pr:y. g Neither the Jews them- {elves, nor the Egyprians, to whole help they will rruſt, nor any of their Confederates. z3oAnd in that day. they ſball roar againſt them, like the Or. 4;. Foaring of che ſea h : and it one *look unto che land, Preſs, behold, darkneſs and || ſorrow 3, ||and thelight is dar- | Or, when kened in the heavens thereof k, Fir ke h Which is violent and frigkttul. 7 Darkneſs, to wit, Sorrow ; 5" ra the latter Word explains the former, and the Particle and is put ede= expoſitively, as it is frequently. & When they look up to the Hea-
—_ vens, as men indiſtrels uſually do they fee no Light there 3 their eof.
+Heb. the
yngue of Fre.
*Ch;7: 18
* Chap: 8: 22;
up of the Ghoſt,
H Chap. CHAP. VI. a The Glory of the Lord x mmm 4» Jjaiah is terrified. 5. I Confirmed for hus M:ffage. 6 ——8, The People; obſtinacy unto deſolation. 9 — 12+ | A Remnant ſhall be ſaved, 13 —_— P the year that * king Uzziah died, I * ſaw #@ alſo* King che LORD 5 ſitting upon a throne c high and lifted 15:7: | up 4, and|| his train e filled the temple f. _ # In 2 Viſion or Extaſie. 6 Either, 1. God the Son, who frequent- l Or, the] ly appeared to the Patriarchs and Prophets, and that ſometimes in the form-of a Man : Or rather, 2. the Divine Majeſty as he fubſiſt= #979 ; eth in Three Perſons,as may be gathered both from the Plural Num= | ber «s, uſed of this Lord, v, 8. and comparing other Scriptures ; for God the Father is deſcribed as ſitting upon a Throne, Dan: 9: 9: +3: and elſewhere ; and the Glory of God here manifeſted is ſaid to be Chriſts Glory, Joh: 12: 41: and the Words of the Lord here following, are ſaid to be ſpoken by the Holy Ghoſt, 4s 28; 25. c In the poſture ofa Judge, ro hear Cauſes, and give Sentence. 4 Towards the Roof of the Temple. e Or, as the Word properly ſig- atfties, and is here rendred by divers, the skirts or borders of him, or of '#, to wit, his Royal and Judicial Rob ; for he is repreſented as a Judge, f His glorious Robes reached down to the bottom of the Templ:, and were ſpread abroad in the which was an Evidence of a more than ordinary Majeſty. The Temple may be here taken either, «. largely, and ſo it includes the Courts as well as tne Houſe, asthat Word is oft pſed ; or, 2. ſtrialy, -5r the Houſe it felf, or for thar part of the Temple in which this V ſion was exhibited, which may ſeemro have been the Porch for chat was much higherthan the other Parts.
2 Above it lteod g the Seraphims þ : each one had Pre.n i lix wings ; * with twain he covered his face 3 and with 1