Westminster Annotations, Isaiah · Chapter 17
CHAP. XVII.
Vers. 1. BƲrden] Chap. 13. 1.
Damascus] Jer. 49. 23. Amos 1. 2. Zech. 9. 1.
Damascus] The chief citie of Syria. Chap. 7. 8.
taken away] By the King of Assyria, 2 King. 16. 9. Chap. 8. 4.
from being a citie] As Chap. 7. 8.
V. 2. Aroer] Bordering upon the river Arnon, Deut. 2. 36.
none shall] Jer. 7. 33.
make them afraid] Or, fright. or, fray them away.
afraid] Either disturbe them there, or chase them thence, Ezek. 34. 28. & 39. 26.
V. 3. fortresse also shall cease] Samaria, and other their strong cities, shall be surprised and sacked▪ 2 King. 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.
V. 4. Jacob shall be made thin] The ten Tribes, that boasted much of their might and multitude, shall be diminished, Chap. 10. 16.
V. 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, Josh. 15. 8.
V. 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. Jer. 49. 9. Obad. 5.
V. 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.
V. 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. Lev. 26. 30. 2 Chron. 14. 5. & 34. 4.
V. 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.
V. 10. forgotten] Neglected him, and no more regarded to serve him, then as if thou hadst clean forgotten him, Psal. 106. 21. Hos. 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. Deut. 32. 30, 31.
strange slips] Choice ones, brought from forein parts, Chap. 16. 8.
V. 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, Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 38, 39.
a heap, &c.] Or, removed in the day of inheritance. (when it should be inned and enjoyed, Deut. 16. 13, 14. Joel 1. 5.) and there shall be deadly sorrow, Jer. 30. 12.
grief] Or, grievous plague. Jer. 10. 19. & 14. 17. & 30. 12. Nahum 3. 19.
V. 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. Jer. 47. 3.
like the rushing] Psal. 93. 3. Jer. 6. 23. Chap. 5. 30.
mighty] Or, many. Chap. 16. 14.
V. 13. rebuke them] With a reall rebuke, as Psal. 9. 5. & 68. 30. destroying them by an Angel, Chap. 37. 36. and 59. 19.
as the chaff] Psal. 1. 4. & 35. 5.
a rolling thing] Or, thistle-down. Or, a wheel, Psal. 83. 13.
V. 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.