Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63:1

VVHo is this] Spoken by way of admiration, in the person of the Prophet, or of Gods people. See the like Can. 3. 6. & 8. 5.

that cometh from Edom] A description of Christ, returning from the conquest of the enemies of his Church: among whom the Edomites, none of the last or least. Psalms 137:7. Propounded here as a type of the spirituall enemies thereof. as Chap. 34. 6.

died garments] Or, garments tainted; (Heb. leavened) to wit, with bloud. Vers. 2. 3.

Bozrah] Chap. 34. 6.

glorious] Heb. decked.

in the greatnesse of his strength] Or, in his great strength. as Chap. 63. 18.

I that speak in righteousnesse] Christs answer; telling them, that they may now see the truth of that, which the Prophets had from him foretold. Chap. 45. 19.

Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore] A second question: with the answer to it. Vers. 3.

red in thine apparell] Revelation 19:13.

Isaiah 63:3

I have troden the wine-presse] Discomfited the adversaries of my Church; and troden them down, as grapes in the wine presse. Lamentations 2:15. Rev. 14. 19, 20. & 19. 15.

there was none with me] There was none that assisted me. Vers. 5. Chap. 59. 16. Or, there was none, that could maintain fight with me. as Chap. 27. 5. Psalms 55:18. 1 Corinthians 10:22.

I will tread] Or, I trod.

trample] Or, trampled.

their bloud] Heb. their strength. that is, their bloud; wherein mans life and strength consisteth. Genesis 9:4. Or, the bloud of the strength; that is, of the strongest of them. as wisdom, for a man of wisdom, a wise man. Micah 6:9. So vers. 6.

shall be sprinkled] Or, was sprinkled.

I will stain] Or, I stained.

Isaiah 63:4

the day of vengeance] Chap. 34. 8.

the yeer of my redeemed is come] All I do in this kinde, is for the deliverance of my people, and the righting of their wrongs. Chap. 61. 2.

Isaiah 63:5

I looked, &c.] Chap. 59. 16.

mine own arm brought salvation unto me] By mine owne power alone I effected what was to be done. Which he can do though all means be missing, and men fail in their dutie. Chap. 59. 16. Psalms 98:1.

Isaiah 63:6

I will tread] Or, I trod. See Chap. 14. 25.

make them drunk] Or, made them drunk in my fury; or, with my fury. Chap. 51. 21, 22. I so astonished them, that they were not able to stand, nor knew which way to turn themselves. Chap. 19. 14. Jeremiah 25:16; Jeremiah 25:27.

I will bring down their strength to the earth] Or, shed their bloud on the ground. See Vers. 3.

Isaiah 63:7

I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD] This the rather he here doth, to strengthen their faith, amidst their troubles, with expectation of the like. Psalms 77:5. 10, 11.

Isaiah 63:8

he said] When he brought them out of Egypt, and at first made them his people. Implying, what such a favour as that was, should have wrought upon them, and how they should have stood affected to him, that had done so for them. Psal. 81. 8-10.

they are my people] Whom I chose for mine, that they might be holy; presuming that they would be faithfull and loyall to me. Levit. 19. 2, 3. Deuteronomy 26:18-19.

will not lie] Or, deal disloyally. Chap. 59. 13.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted] He took to heart the wrongs done to them, as done to himself. Jud. 10. 16. Zechariah 2:8. Acts 9:5.

he was afflicted] Or, he afflicted them not. Though they vexed him, yet he spared them. Psalms 78:38. Or, was not he afflicted? For there is a diverse reading in the Hebrew. as Exodus 21:8. Job 13:15. Psalms 100:3.

the angel of his presence] Christ; the conducter of them in the wildernesse. Exodus 13:21. & Exodus 23:20. & Exodus 33:14. Acts 7:38.

in his love, &c.] Deuteronomy 7:7-8.

he bare them] Chap. 46. 3. Exodus 19:4. Deuteronomy 32:11.

Isaiah 63:10

they rebelled] They deceived his expectation; and proved rebellious. Chap. 48. 8. See Exodus 15:24. Numbers 14:11. Psalms 78:56. & Psalms 95:9.

vexed his holy spirit] Heb. his spirit of holinesse. Vers. 11. See Chap. 43. 24. Psalms 78:40. Acts 7:51. Ephesians 4:30.

he was turned to be their enemy] Job 30:21. Jeremiah 30:14.

he fought against them] Judges 2:14-15.

Isaiah 63:11

Then] Or, Yet. as Chap. 9. 1. Heb. And.

he remembred the dayes of old] Either God calling to minde what he had formerly done; as loath to lose the fruit of his former favours: Exodus 32:11-12. Deuteronomy 9:16; Deuteronomy 9:18-19. Numbers 14:13-19. Joshua 7:7; Joshua 7:9. Or, his people in their troubles better bethinking themselves, and calling to minde, what God had formerly done for them: Psal. 78. 34, 35. and complaining that he did not now the like. Judges 6:13.

Moses and his people] What by Moses he had done for his people. Psalms 77:20.

Where is he, &c.] See the like complaints. Psal. 44. 1, 2. & 74. 13, 14. Chap. 51. 9, 10.

that brought them up out of the sea] Exodus 14:29-30. Jeremiah 2:6.

the shepherd of his flock] Or, shepherds. Moses and Aaron. Psalms 77:20.

that put his holy spirit within him] Numbers 11:17. Nehemiah 9:20. Heb. spirit of holinesse. as vers. 10.

Isaiah 63:12

with his glorious arm] Heb. arm of glory: or, excellency. as Chap. 62. 8.

dividing the water] Exodus 14:21-22. Joshua 3:16. Chap. 43. 16.

an everlasting name] Heb. a name of eternitie. Chap. 56. 5.

Isaiah 63:13

Through the deep] Heb. deeps. Psalms 106:9.

as an horse in the wildernesse] Or, plain. Jerem. 9. 10. As an horse goeth on plain ground; without stumbling.

should not stumble] Or, they stumbled not. Jeremiah 31:9.

Isaiah 63:14

As a beast goeth down into the valley] Or, goeth along in the valley. as Chap. 38. 8. That is, gently and quietly, as an horse is led down an hill; or, easily and without impediment, as a beast travelleth in the Vale, where the way is usually cleare before it.

caused him to rest] Or, led him quietly. Jeremiah 31:2.

a glorious name] Heb. name of glory. as Chap 62. 3.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven] Deuteronomy 26:15. Psalms 80. 14. Lamentations 3:50.

behold from the habitation of thy holinesse and of thy glory] Or, thine holy and glorious habitation. Psalms 68:5. Jerem. 25. 30. Look in mercy upon us; and vouchsafe us that favour, that thou sometime shewedst them. Chap 64. 1, 9, 10.

thy zeal] Thine ardent love and affection to thy people. Chap. 9 7. & 26. 11.

the sounding of thy bowels] The yearning of them. 1 Kings 3:26. Son 5:4. Chap. 16. 11. Jeremiah 31:20. Hosea 11:8. Or, the multitude of them. Chap. 60. 5. Jeremiah 51:16. Psalms 106:45.

Isaiah 63:16

Doubtlesse] Or, For. Vers. 4. 1.

though Abraham be ignorant of us, &c.] Though Abraham be ignorant of our present estate. Job 14:21. 2 Kings 22:20. Or, though he should refuse to own us for his children; yet wilt not thou refuse to be our father. Psalms 27:10. Chap. 64. 8.

our redeemer, thy name is from everlasting] Or, our redeemer from everlasting; or, from eternitie, Psalms 90:2. or, from forepassed ages. Psalms 103:19.) is thy name.

Isaiah 63:17

why hast thou made us to erre from thy wayes] Or, doest thou suffer us to erre, &c. as Psal. 119. 10, 116. Proverbs 10:3. By denying, in just judgement, unto thy people, the conduct and guidance of thy Spirit; Vers. 11. and leaving them to be led by their own lusts. Psalms 81:12. Romans 1:26,28.

from thy fear] Or, so as that we fear thee not. as Psalms 69:23. Hosea 4:6.

Return] Psalms 91:13.

for thy servants sake] For Abraham, Isaac and Jacobs sake; unto whom thou madest thy promise. Exodus 32:13.

the tribes] Or, to the tribes. Numbers 10:36.

of thine inheritance] Psalms 74:2.

Isaiah 63:18

The people of thy holinesse] Or, Thine holy people. Chap. 64. 10.

have possessed it but a little while] In respect of thy promise, that they should possesse it for ever; Genesis 17:8. & Genesis 26:3. & Genesis 28:13.Exodus 32:13. which yet was but conditionall. 2 Chronicles 33:8. Or, because a long time seemeth but a little, when it is once past. Job 9:25-26. Psal 90. 4.

have troden down thy sanctuary] Either thine holy land; as Exodus 15:17. Jeremiah 12:10. Or, thine holy house. Psalms 74:3; Psalms 74:7. Lamentations 1:10.

Isaiah 63:19

We are thine, thou never barest rule over them, they were not called by thy name] Or, thy name was not (or, never was) called upon them. We are yet still thy people, that are called by thy name, so called, and so accounted, and that do call upon thee. Chap. 481 1, 2. & 54. 9. vers. 16. Jeremiah 14:9. that which these people, our adversaries, vers. 18. never were, never did. Chap. 65. 1. Jeremiah 10:25. Or, We are as those whom thou never barest rule over, nor were ever called by thy name: we are dealt with, as if we had never been thy people. Chap. 26. 13.