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THE HOLY BIBLE
Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages
THE OLD TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Douay A.D. 1609 & 1610
and
THE NEW TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Rheims A.D. 1582
With Annotations
The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner A.D. 1749-1752
THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS
This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, the great prophet, from the greatness of his prophetic spirit, by which he hath foretold so long before, and in so clear a manner, the coming of Christ, the mysteries of our redemption, the calling of the Gentiles, and the glorious establishment, and perpetual flourishing of the church of Christ: insomuch that he may seem to have been rather an evangelist than a prophet. His very name is not without mystery; for Isaias in Hebrew signifies the salvation of the Lord, or Jesus is the Lord. He was, according to the tradition of the Hebrews, of the blood royal of the kings of Juda: and after a most holy life, ended his days by a glorious martyrdom; being sawed in two, at the command of his wicked son in law, King Manasses, for reproving his evil ways.
The prophet complains of the sins of Juda and Jerusalem, and exhorts them to a sincere conversion.
All nations shall flow to the church of Christ. The Jews shall be rejected for their sins. Idolatry shall be destroyed.
The last days... The whole time of the new law, from the coming of Christ till the end of the world, is called in the scripture the last days; because no other age or time shall come after it, but only eternity.-Ibid. On the top of mountains, etc... This shews the perpetual visibility of the church of Christ: for a mountain upon the top of mountains cannot be hid.
Idols shall be utterly destroyed... or utterly pass away. This was verified by the establishment of Christianity. And by this and other texts of the like nature, the wild system of some modern sectaries is abundantly confuted, who charge the whole Christian church with worshipping idols, for many ages.
The confusion and other evils that shall come upon the Jews for their sins. The pride of their women shall be punished.
After an extremity of evils that shall fall upon the Jews, a remnant shall be comforted by Christ.
The bud of the Lord... That is, Christ.
The reprobation of the Jews is foreshewn under the parable of a vineyard. A woe is pronounced against sinners: the army of God shall send against them.
My cousin... So the prophet calls Christ, as being of his family and kindred, by descending from the house of David. Ibid. On a hill, etc... Literally, in the horn, the son of oil.
A glorious vision, in which the prophet's lips are cleansed: he foretelleth the obstinacy of the Jews.
The prophet assures king Achaz that the two kings his enemies shall not take Jerusalem. A virgin shall conceive and bear a son.
The name of a child that is to be born: many evils shall come upon the Jews for their sins.
Seek of pythons... That is, people pretending to tell future things by a prophesying spirit.-Ibid. Should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?... Here is signified, that it is to God we should pray to be directed, and not to seek of the dead, for the health of the living.
What joy shall come after afflictions by the birth and kingdom of Christ; which shall flourish for ever. Judgments upon Israel for their sins.
Woe to the makers of wicked laws. The Assyrian shall be a rod for punishing Israel: but for their pride they shall be destroyed: and a remnant of Israel saved.
A remnant of them shall be converted... This was partly verified in the children of Israel who remained after the devastations of the Assyrians, in the time of king Ezechias: and partly in the conversion of a remnant of the Jews to the faithful of Christ.-Ibid. The consumption abridged, etc... That is, the number of them cut short, and reduced to few, shall flourish in abundance of justice.
At the presence of the oil... That is, by the sweet unction of divine mercy.
Into Aiath, etc... Here the prophet describes the march of the Assyrians under Sennacherib; and the terror they should carry with them; and how they should suddenly be destroyed.
Of the spiritual kingdom of Christ, to which all nations shall repair.
A canticle of thanksgiving for the benefits of Christ.
The desolation of Babylon.
The burden of Babylon... That is, a prophecy against Babylon.
The restoration of Israel after their captivity. The parable or song insulting over the king of Babylon. A prophecy against the Philistines.
O Lucifer... O day star. All this, according to the letter, is spoken of the king of Babylon. It may also be applied, in a spiritual sense, to Lucifer the prince of devils, who was created a bright angel, but fell by pride and rebellion against God.
A prophecy of the desolation of the Moabites.
Torrent of the willows... That is, as some say, the waters of Babylon: others render it, a valley of the Arabians.
The prophet prayeth for Christ's coming. The affliction of the Moabites for their pride.
Carmel... This name is often taken to signify a fair and fruitful hill or field, such as mount Carmel is.
Judgments upon Damascus and Samaria. The overthrow of the Assyrians.
That were left... Viz., by the Chanaanites, when the children of Israel came into their land.
The multitude, etc... This and all that follows to the end of the chapter, relates to the Assyrian army under Sennacherib.
A woe to the Ethiopians, who fed Israel with vain hopes, their future conversion.
Angels... Or messengers.
The punishment of Egypt: their call to the church.
The ignominious captivity of the Egyptians, and the Ethiopians.
The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians: a prophecy against the Edomites and the Arabians.
The desert of the sea... So Babylon is here called, because from a city as full of people as the sea is with water, it was become a desert.
O Elam... That is, O Persia.
A rider upon an ass, etc... These two riders are the kings of the Persians and Medes.
And a lion cried out... That is, I Isaias seeing the approaching ruin of Babylon, have cried out as a lion roaring.
Duma... That is, Idumea, or Edom.
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