Westminster Annotations, Isaiah · Chapter 27
CHAP. XXVII.
Vers. 1. SOre] Heb. hard. as Chap. 19. 4.
sword shall punish] His mightie power and word. Chap. 11. 4. Rev. 19. 15.
punish] Heb. visit upon. Chap. 10. 12.
leviathan] Satan. Rev. 12. 9. & 20. 2. and other the mightie adversaries of his Church, compared to that Leviathan. Job 41. 1. Psal. 74. 13, 14. Chap. 51. 9. Ezek. 29. 3. & 32. 2.
piercing] Or, gliding. or, crossing. or, long, like a barre. Job 26. 13.
serpent] Or, whale. Gen. 1. 21. Psal. 44. 19.
V. 2. sing ye unto her] Heb. answer. sing by course. as Exod. 15. 21. 1 Sam. 18. 7. Ezra 3. 11.
A vineyard] The Church. Psal. 81. 8. Chap. 5 7.
red wine] The best and strongest wine. Psal. 75. 8. Chap. 5. 2. Jer. 2. 21.
V. 3. do keep it] Or, who watch it, will. Jer. 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. Gen. 2. 9, 10. Ezek. 47. 1, 9, 12. Rev. 22. 1, 2.
hurt] Heb. visit on. vers. 1.
keep it] Or, watch. Psal. 121. 4. 2 King. 17. 9.
V. 4. not in me] My wrath towards my people is not implacable. Prov. 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, Mic. 7. 4. shall spring up in it; they shall finde me a consuming fire. Deut. 4. 24. Chap. 33. 12. Zech. 2. 5. & 12. 6. I will in hostile manner set upon them, and burn them up together. 2 Sam. 23. 6, 7. Chap. 9. 18.
the briers and thorns] Heb. brier and thorn. Chap. 5. 6.
V. 5. Or] For, who is able to try it out with me? 1 Cor. 10. 22. and their wisest course therefore is, while they may, to make their peace with me, Job 22. 21. Luk. 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.
V. 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, Ezek. 33. 10. & 37. 11. yet shall they settle, and thrive and encrease again. Job 14. 7-9. Chap. 37. 31.
V. 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. Jam. 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.
V. 8. In measure] With discretion and moderation he dealeth with his, Jer. 10. 24. & 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. & 37. 23. Psal. 78. 38. & 90. 11. or to the hainousnesse of their sinne, Ezra 9. 13. Psal. 103. 10. Lam. 3. 22. but according to the abilitie of the sufferer to bear what is afflicted. Psal. 103. 13, 14. 1 Cor. 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. Jer. 10. 25. Joh. 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 Gen. 18. 6. 2 King. 7. 1. Matth. 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; Psal. 44. 9. Chap. 50. 1. Jer. 1. 1, 5. or, to cast them out, by sending them into captivitie. Jer. 24. 5. Ezek. 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. Gen. 41. 6, 23. Job 20. 21. Psal. 48. 7. Jer. 18. 17. Ezek. 17. 10. & 19. 12. & 27. 26.
V. 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. Prov. 21. 30. Dan. 11. 35. Mal. 3. 3. 1 Cor. 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. Deut. 7. 5. & 12. 2, 3. 2 King. 18. 4. & 23. 4-20.
the groves and images &c.] Or, and the groves and images stand not: abide not; (as Gen. 45. 1.) but are demolished.
images] Or, sun-images. See Chap. 17. 8.
V. 10. Yet] Or, For. Psal. 102. 1. or, But their. as Jer. 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; Jer. 26. 18. Mic. 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.
V. 11. boughs] Heb. harvest. Psal. 80. 11.
they shall be broken off] Or, and broken off.
set them on fire] As they use to do with searspray. 1 King. 17. 12. Joh. 15. 6. no more regard shall be had of them, then of such trash, as is reserved onelyonly to make fewel for the fire. Chap. 33. 12. Matth. 3. 12. & 13. 30.
it is a people of no understanding] Deut. 32. 28. Chap. 1. 3. Hos. 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. Jer. 3. 22. & 5. 4. & 8. 7. Luk. 19. 43, 44. Heb. understandings: of no manner understanding at all as Chap. 40. 14.
V. 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, Deut. 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. Deut. 1. 7. & 11. 24. Josh. 1. 4. & 13. 3. 1 Chron. 13. 5.
gathered one by one] As men pick up, and gather, fruit beaten off, or faln down.
V. 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. Lev. 25. 9, 10. sounded sometime by Cyrus. 2 Chron. 36. 22, 23. Ezra 1. 1, 2. but chiefly by Christ and his Apostles. Chap. 61. 1, 12. Luk. 4. 18, 19. Rom. 10. 18. See Chap. 24. 22.
ready to perish] Heb. perished. Deut. 26. 5. Job 29. 13. Psal. 119. 176. Chap. 26. 19.
in the land of Assyria] A remnant of the ten Tribes, carried captive into Assyria. 2 King. 17. 6.
in the land of Egypt] A parcel of those, that fled into Egypt. Jer. 43. 7. & 44. 28. or had been carried captive thither. Deut. 28. 68. Hos. 8. 13. Zech. 10. 10. holy mount] Heb. mountain of holinesse. Ezek. 20. 40.