Isaiah 17

Isaiah 17:1

BƲrden] Chap. 13. 1.

Damascus] Jeremiah 49:23. Amos 1:2. Zechariah 9:1.

Damascus] The chief citie of Syria. Chap. 7. 8.

taken away] By the King of Assyria, 2 Kings 16:9. Chap. 8. 4.

from being a citie] As Chap. 7. 8.

Isaiah 17:2

Aroer] Bordering upon the river Arnon, Deuteronomy 2:36.

none shall] Jeremiah 7:33.

make them afraid] Or, fright. or, fray them away.

afraid] Either disturbe them there, or chase them thence, Ezekiel 34:28. & Ezekiel 39:26.

Isaiah 17:3

fortresse also shall cease] Samaria, and other their strong cities, shall be surprised and sacked 2 Kings 18:9.

Ephraim] The ten Tribes, Chap. 7. 2.

Syria] Heb. Aram. Chap. 7. 1.

as he glory of the children of Israel] The Syrians and the Israelites, the joynt enemies of Gods people, shall be both alike brought low, Chap. 7. 2, 4.

Isaiah 17:4

Jacob shall be made thin] The ten Tribes, that boasted much of their might and multitude, shall be diminished, Chap. 10. 16.

Isaiah 17:5

As when the harvest man] They shall be cut down and carried away: being no more able to stand before their enemies, then the corn before the reapers, Rev. 14. 15, 16.

Rephaim] A fertile valley, on the West side of Jerusalem, Joshua 15:8.

Isaiah 17:6

Yet] Heb. And, Chap. 8. 9.

gleaning grapes] A remnant for a Church shall be reserved, Chap. 1. 9. & 6. 13. & 7. 3. & 10. 21, 22. See Chap. 24. 13. & 65. 8. Jeremiah 49:9. Obadiah 1:5.

Isaiah 17:7

to his maker] This being Gods end in chastising his people, to reclaim them, and bring them home to himself, Chap. 10. 20. 21. & 19. 22. & 27. 9.

Isaiah 17:8

the groves] According to the divers seasons of the yeer, and conditions of the weather, they had divers sorts of places for the worship of their idols: their groves and shadie places, which they used in heat of summer: and their Sunne-images, set in Sun-shine places, which they made use of in colder weather: by these two therefore, are all sorts of idols and idolatrous services designed, Chap. 27. 9.

images] Or, Sun images. Leviticus 26:30. 2 Chron. 14. 5. & 34. 4.

Isaiah 17:9

day shall his] Wherein the judgement mentioned, vers. 4. 5. shall be put in execution.

cities be, &c.] The citie of Israel shall be left, as some few trees, left for standers, when the wood about them is all felled; or, as a standing bough is left on the top of a tree, when the rest are all lopped away, naked and bare, Chap. 30. 17.

a forsaken bough] Heb. the leaving of a wood, and of.

they left] Either left by the Assyrians, sparing yet some, because God would not have them utterly ruined, Chap. 6. 13. & 10. 21, 22. or, left, that is, forsaken of the Israelites themselves, being driven out of them by the enemy, Chap. 6. 12. & 7. 16.

they left] Or, shall be abandoned by the.

Isaiah 17:10

forgotten] Neglected him, and no more regarded to serve him, then as if thou hadst clean forgotten him, Psalms 106:21. Hosea 8:14.

the God of thy salvation] Or, thy saving God. the God, that should save thee, hath so done, and would still so do, if thou didst not dis-regard him, Psal. 68. 19, 20.

the rock of thy strength] Or, thy strong rock. Psal. 31. 2, 3, 4. Deuteronomy 32:30-31.

strange slips] Choice ones, brought from forein parts, Chap. 16. 8.

Isaiah 17:11

shalt thou make thy plant to grow] Thou shalt use all the care and diligence that may be about them, Chap. 27. 3.

the harvest shall be] All your labour shall be lost: for the enemie shall destroy all, Leviticus 26:16. Deuteronomy 28:38-39.

a heap, &c.] Or, removed in the day of inheritance. (when it should be inned and enjoyed, Deuteronomy 16:13-14. Joe 1:5.) and there shall be deadly sorrow, Jeremiah 30:12.

grief] Or, grievous plague. Jeremiah 10:19. & Jeremiah 14:17. & Jeremiah 30:12. Nahum 3:19.

Isaiah 17:12

Wo to] The latter part of this Chapter is a Prophecie of Wo, denounced against those troopes of sundry nations, that assisted Senacherib in the invasion of Judea, Chap. 36. & 37. See Chap. 30. 28.

the multitude of many people] Or, the multitude of tumultuous people.

rushing of nations] Or, noise. Chap. 60. 5. Or, rustling nations. Jeremiah 47:3.

like the rushing] Psalms 93:3. Jeremiah 6:23. Chap. 5. 30.

mighty] Or, many. Chap. 16. 14.

Isaiah 17:13

rebuke them] With a reall rebuke, as Psalms 9:5. & Psalms 68:30. destroying them by an Angel, Chap. 37. 36. and 59. 19.

as the chaff] Psalms 1:4. & Psalms 35:5.

a rolling thing] Or, thistle-down. Or, a wheel, Psalms 83:13.

Isaiah 17:14

at evening-tide] He compareth the Assyrian to a tempest, that riseth over-night, but before morning is laid. Or, his meaning is, that the Assyrians were affrighted in the night, and fled away in the morning, Chap. 37. 37.

trouble] Or, terrour. Ezek. 26 21.

spoil] Or, tread on. Chap. 42. 22.