Isaiah 27

Isaiah 27:1

SOre] Heb. hard. as Chap. 19. 4.

sword shall punish] His mightie power and word. Chap. 11. 4. Revelation 19:15.

punish] Heb. visit upon. Chap. 10. 12.

leviathan] Satan. Revelation 12:9. & Revelation 20:2. and other the mightie adversaries of his Church, compared to that Leviathan. Job 41:1. Psal. 74. 13, 14. Chap. 51. 9. Ezekiel 29:3. & Ezekiel 32:2.

piercing] Or, gliding. or, crossing. or, long, like a barre. Job 26:13.

serpent] Or, whale. Genesis 1:21. Psalms 44:19.

Isaiah 27:2

sing ye unto her] Heb. answer. sing by course. as Exodus 15:21. 1 Samuel 18:7. Ezra 3:11.

A vineyard] The Church. Psalms 81:8. Chap. 5 7.

red wine] The best and strongest wine. Psalms 75:8. Chap. 5. 2. Jeremiah 2:21.

Isaiah 27:3

do keep it] Or, who watch it, will. Jeremiah 4:17.

keep it] I will, both protect it against all assailants, and supply it with all things necessary unto the continuance of it in a flourishing and fruitfull estate. Chap. 58. 11. Genesis 2:9-10. Ezekiel 47:1; Ezekiel 47:9; Ezekiel 47:12. Revelation 22:1-2.

hurt] Heb. visit on. vers. 1.

keep it] Or, watch. Psalms 121:4. 2 Kings 17:9.

Isaiah 27:4

not in me] My wrath towards my people is not implacable. Proverbs 6:34. Or, Mine anger and displeasure towards my Church is clean over. Chap. 12. 1. & 54. 8. 9. Ezek. 16. 42, 63.

who would set the briers and thorns against me in battel] Or, Yet who so shall set me briers and thorns in it in battel will I march against them, and will burn, &c.

who would set &c.] Yet, if any shall dare to attempt ought against my Vineyard; or, if briers and thorns, such as are wicked and profane ones, Micah 7:4. shall spring up in it; they shall finde me a consuming fire. Deuteronomy 4:24. Chap. 33. 12. Zechariah 2:5. & Zechariah 12:6. I will in hostile manner set upon them, and burn them up together. 2 Samuel 23:6-7. Chap. 9. 18.

the briers and thorns] Heb. brier and thorn. Chap. 5. 6.

Isaiah 27:5

Or] For, who is able to try it out with me? 1 Corinthians 10:22. and their wisest course therefore is, while they may, to make their peace with me, Job 22:21. Luke 14:32. and forbear medling with those, whom I protect. Psal. 105. 14, 15.

let him take hold of my strength] Or, who will grapple with my strength?

that he may make] Or, let him make.

and he shall] Or, yea let him.

Isaiah 27:6

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take] Or, Hereafter Jacob shall take.

that come &c.] Heb. In the days coming. Chap. 39. 6.

to take root] Though Gods people have been so grievously afflicted, that they may seem past all hope of recovery, Ezekiel 33:10. & Ezekiel 37:11. yet shall they settle, and thrive and encrease again. Job 14:7-9. Chap. 37. 31.

Isaiah 27:7

Hath he smitten him] God dealeth not so roughly in chastising them, as he doth in taking vengeance on their adversaries by whom he chastised them: partly, because he mixeth judgement with mercy to the one; Hab. 3. 2. whereas he ministreth justice without such allay to the other. vers. 11. James 2:13. partly, because after some time of chastisement over, he restoreth the one; vers. 6. 13. whereas he utterly and irrecoverably destroyeth the other. vers. 11. Chap 26. 14, 19.

as he smote those that smote him] Heb. according to the stroke of those. Chap. 10 26.

Isaiah 27:8

In measure] With discretion and moderation he dealeth with his, Jeremiah 10:24. & Jeremiah 30:11. meting out their sufferings in a just proportion; as those that do things exactly by weight and measure; Physicians especially, in prescribing pils or potions to their patients; not according to the greatnesse of his power, and wrath proportionable thereunto; Job 23:6. & Job 37:23. Psalms 78:38. & Psalms 90:11. or to the hainousnesse of their sinne, Ezra 9:13. Psalms 103:10. Lamentations 3:22. but according to the abilitie of the sufferer to bear what is afflicted. Psal. 103. 13, 14. 1 Corinthians 10:13. whereas in dealing with the other, he is nor so cautious; but doth as those, who pour out, or lay on, without regard of stint or measure. Chap. 65. 6, 7. Jeremiah 10:25. John 3:34.

measure] He. peck-peck. a measure here alluded to, thought to be much about, but somewhat more then our peck: it seemeth to have been one of the smallest in ordinary use. See Genesis 18:6. 2 Kings 7:1. Matthew 13:33.

when it shooteth forth &c.] Or, when thou sendest it forth, or, puttest it away, (Chap. 50. 1.) thou debatest. Job 23:6.

it shooteth forth] Even then, when he seemeth to cast them off, as if he had given them a bill of divorce, and they were no longer his; Psalms 44:9. Chap. 50. 1. Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 1:5. or, to cast them out, by sending them into captivitie. Jeremiah 24:5. Ezekiel 11:16.

he stayeth] Or, when he removeth it. Or, but he carrieth them away with his, &c.

his rough wind] Either, in fanning his people, he slackens the wind, that it may not carry all away before it. Chap. 48. 9. or, those other their enemies, he sweeps away (as Job 25:4.) with a tempestuous blast; such as the east-wind is wont to bring; noted for a boistrous, blustring and blasting wind. Genesis 41:6; Genesis 41:23. Job 20:21. Psalms 48:7. Jeremiah 18:17. Ezekiel 17:10. & Ezekiel 19:12. & Ezekiel 27:26.

Isaiah 27:9

the iniquitie of Iacob be purged] The main end of Gods chastising his people, to reclaim them from their sinnes, that they may not perish by them. Chap. 1. 25. & 48. 10. Proverbs 21:30. Daniel 11:35. Malachi 3:3. 1 Corinthians 11:32. Heb. 12. 9, 10.

purged] Or, done away. Heb. expiated. Chap. 28. 18.

when he maketh all the stones of the altar &c.] When he shall shew the sinceritie of his repentance (till which no reconcilement) by abandoning of his idols and instruments, or monuments of idolatry. Chap. 30. 22. Deuteronomy 7:5. & 12. 2, 3. 2 Kings 18:4. & 23. 4-20.

the groves and images &c.] Or, and the groves and images stand not: abide not; (as Genesis 45:1.) but are demolished.

images] Or, sun-images. See Chap. 17. 8.

Isaiah 27:10

Yet] Or, For. Psalms 102:1. or, But their. as Jeremiah 46:21.

city shall be desolate] Either, Jerusalem, the chief citie of Gods people, shall yet be ruined, and cattel grase on it, for some space of time; Jeremiah 26:18. Micah 3:12. through Gods just judgement upon them for their folly and obstinacie. vers. 11. Or, the strongest cities of their adversaries shall be so destroyed and laid wast. Chap. 24. 10. & 25. 12. & 26. 5, 6.

the calf feed] Feed quietly, without disturbance. Chap. 17. 2.

consume the branches thereof] Brouse upon them. Chap. 18. 6.

Isaiah 27:11

boughs] Heb. harvest. Psalms 80:11.

they shall be broken off] Or, and broken off.

set them on fire] As they use to do with searspray. 1 Kings 17:12. John 15:6. no more regard shall be had of them, then of such trash, as is reserved onely to make fewel for the fire. Chap. 33. 12. Matthew 3:12. and Matthew 13:30.

it is a people of no understanding] Deuteronomy 32:28. Chap. 1. 3. Hosea 4:14.

of no understanding] Their want of spirituall wisdome, to take notice of Gods dealings, and make use of them to their own behoof, is the main cause of their ruine. Chap. 5. 12, 13. Jeremiah 3:22. & Jeremiah 5:4. & Jeremiah 8:7. Luke 19:43-44. Heb. understandings: of no manner understanding at all as Chap. 40. 14.

Isaiah 27:12

in that day] When God chastiseth his people.

beat off] As olives, or the like fruit, are wont to be beaten off the tree, Deuteronomy 24:20. Chap. 17. 6. So shall the inhabitants of the land be beaten from their places of aboad.

from the chanel of the river unto the stream of Egypt] Through the whole land of Judah; whereof the river Euphrates on the one side, and the river Shichor or Nilus on the other side, are usually the utmost bounds. Deuteronomy 1:7. & Deuteronomy 11:24. Joshua 1:4. & Joshua 13:3. 1 Chronicles 13:5.

gathered one by one] As men pick up, and gather, fruit beaten off, or faln down.

Isaiah 27:13

in that day] After the execution of the fore-mentioned judgements. as Chap. 24. 13.

the great trumpet shall be blown] The Jubilee Trumpet of release and return. Leviticus 25:9-10. sounded sometime by Cyrus. 2 Chronicles 36:22-23. Ezra 1:1-2. but chiefly by Christ and his Apostles. Chap. 61. 1, 12. Luke 4:18-19. Romans 10:18. See Chap. 24. 22.

ready to perish] Heb. perished. Deuteronomy 26:5. Job 29:13. Psalms 119:176. Chap. 26. 19.

in the land of Assyria] A remnant of the ten Tribes, carried captive into Assyria. 2 Kings 17:6.

in the land of Egypt] A parcel of those, that fled into Egypt. Jeremiah 43:7. & Jeremiah 44:28. or had been carried captive thither. Deuteronomy 28:68. Hosea 8:13. Zechariah 10:10. holy mount] Heb. mountain of holinesse. Ezekiel 20:40.