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A46816	Annotations upon the whole book of Isaiah wherein first, all such passages in the text are explained as were thought likely to be questioned by any reader of ordinary capacity : secondly, in many clauses those things are discovered which are needful and useful to be known, and not so easily at the first reading observed : and thirdly, many places that might at first seem to contradict one another are reconciled : intended chiefly for the assistance and information of those that use constantly every day to read some part of the Bible ... / by Arthur Jackson.	Jackson, Arthur, 1593?-1666.	1682 (1682)	Wing J66; ESTC R26071	718,966	616

would have been to no purpose at all And then for the place whither the Prophet is sent to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the high-way or causey-way of the fullers field this is thus particularly expressed both to clear the certainty of the story and to assure the Prophet of the certainty of this Prophecy We read of two Pools that were in Jerusalem the one called the lower Pool we find mentioned Chap. 22.9 Ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool because it lay on the west-side of the lower City and another called the upper pool made for the receiving and retaining of the waters that came from the fountain of Gihon and situate on the south-side of the upper City the same as some think that is else-where called the pool of Sil●ah Joh. 9.8 and which is said to have been nigh to the Kings garden Neh. 3.15 And this is that Pool which is here meant from whence it seems there was a fair way that led to the fullers field which no doubt they had chosen because the waters of this Pool lay conveniently for the washing and whiting of their linnen and here it was that the Prophet was directed to meet with Ahaz and observable it is that it was the very same place where afterwards Sennachenibs Captains that were sent by him to besiege Jerusalem made a stand and summoned Hezekiah to deliver up the City for so it is said 2 King 18.17 They came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool which is in the high-way of the fullers field What the cause was of Ahaz his being in this place is not expressed Some think that hearing of these sad tidings in some place whither he had removed his Court out of the City he was now coming to shelter and secure himself in this his chief City and so the Prophet was sent forth to meet him there and to comfort him with a promise from God concerning the deliverance of Jerusalem that he might not farther dishearten the people by coming in such a fright into the City But then again others conceive that he was gone thither or come thither from some place abroad that he might consult about the fortifying of that place either because they feared it might be a place of advantage for the enemy whereby to enter the City or because it was a matter of so great consequence to secure the waters of this Pool for the use of the City when it should be besieged and so the Prophet was sent thither as it were to tell them in the midst of these their consultations that the Lord whom they minded not would be instead of fortifications to the City and would secure it from the enemy though they were not able to do it And this indeed seems most probable because Rabshakeh when he went to besiege Jerusalem did make his first approaches to the City at this place 2 King 18.17 and at that time Hezekiah had taken all the care he could to secure these waters 2 Chron. 32.3 4. Ver. 4. And say unto him take heed and be quiet c. That is take heed of being thus unquiet and restless in thy mind as thou art beware of all distrust and distrustful fears be not disturbed and distracted but be of a quiet composed mind trusting in God look not after help from the Assyrian or any other foreign aid but rely wholly upon Gods protection and his blessing upon thine own forces And this last we may the more probably think was here intended because it is expresly said 2 King 16.7 that Ahaz did immediately after the invasion of these two Kings send to Tiglath-pileser King of Assyria for aid and therefore it may well be that he had this already in his thoughts Fear not neither be faint-hearted it is in the Hebrew Let not thine heart be tender that is soft and apt to take an impression of fear for the two tails of these smoking fire-brands so he calls these two Kings and their forces of whom Ahaz and his people were so exceedingly afraid by way of contempt and scorn He terms them fire-brands because indeed they were coming out against him with such fury and seeming terror as if they meant to set all the land on a light flame and with fire and sword to consume all before them But withal he calls them only tails of fire-brands which might well be both with respect to what had formerly befallen these Kings for indeed their power had been of late already much wasted the Syrians by three great victories which Joash the King of Israel obtained over them 2 King 13.25 and the Israelites by their own Civil Wars and Conspiracies 2 King 15.10 and likewise with respect to the approaching ruin of both their Kingdoms for it was not long e're Pekah was slain by Hoshea 2 King 15.30 and both the Kingdoms of Syria and Israel were utterly destroyed by the Assyrians so that in this regard they might well be compared to the ends or tails of two fire-brands their dominion and tyranny not being like to last long Yea he terms them not burning but smoaking fire-brands and that to imply that though they might be a great vexation to them as smoke is to the eyes and a great terror and affrightment yet there should be more pride and terror in them than strength and power for the effecting of the mischief they intended which yet must be understood with respect to their great design of taking Jerusalem and the utter subverting of the Kingdom of Judah for otherwise we find that when they raised the siege of Jerusalem and went away the Syrians did make much spoil in other parts of the land And to the same purpose is the following Clause where he calls Pekah by way also of contempt because his father was an obscure private person the son of Remaliah for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria and of the son of Remaliah Ver. 5. Because Syria Ephraim and the son of Remaliah c. Even this also is spoken by way of contempt He vouchsafes not so much as to name these two Kings by the report of whose confederacy they were so exceedingly terrified but terms them the Syrian and the son of Remaliah See the foregoing Note have taken evil counsel against thee that is most unjust wicked and mischievous counsel tending to the utter ruin of Gods people and the utter extirpation of the Kingdom of Judah the race and Royal power of Davids family which is the rather mentioned together with that confident resolution of theirs related in the following verse because all this tended the more to set forth their great danger and so the mercy of the now promised deliverance Ver. 6. Let us go up against Judah c. That is against the Land or Kingdom of Judah And vex it to wit by invading and spoiling the land and by besieging their chief City Jerusalem And let us make a breach therein

less will undertake the burying of it And all this is thus expressed to shew how abominable the Babylonian should be unto all men for his Pride and Cruelty Ver. 20. Thou shalt not be joyned with them in burial c. That is Thou shalt not have that honour done thee in thy burial which other Kings of the Nations have usually done for them for this is spoken with reference to that which was said before ver 18. Thou shalt not be laid in such a stately Sepulchre amongst thy Progenitors nor be carried thereto with that Pomp and Solemnity as other Kings use to be because thou hast destroyed thy land and stain thy people to wit the land of Babylon and his subjects there For though some would have this to be understood of the land and people which he had made his by Conquest and others that understand it of his Hereditary Kingdoms do withal hold that he is said to have destroyed this his land and to have slain his people only because by his wickedness he had provoked God to destroy them yet I rather conceive that this it is that is here intended as a great aggravation of his Tyranny that not content with the ruin that he brought upon other Kingdoms and Nations he did likewise destroy his own Land and his own people to wit by the sore burdens and exactions wherewith he oppressed them and by the cruelties he exercised amongst them as bloody Tyrants are wont to do The seed of evil doers shall never be renowned That is instead of being renowned the memory of them shall be abhorred yea the remembrance of them shall utterly perish See the Note Prov. 10.7 They shall by degrees be cut off so that at last there shall not be one left to be called by their name neither shall there be any mention made of them And this though delivered in general terms is here inserted with relation to Belshazzar and his wicked Progenitors as a reason why he was cut off and after him all his posterity too as is farther threatned in the following Verses Ver. 21. Prepare slaughter for his children c. That taunting Speech or Song begun ver 4. being ended with the foregoing verse here the Prophet doth again proceed to foretel the destruction of the Babylonian and his Posterity Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers see the Note Josh 7.25 Now this is spoken as to the Medes and Persians that did at first surprize Babylon as that before Chap. 13.2 so to all others that were in after-times to execute farther vengeance upon Babylon till it was utterly destroyed That they do not rise nor possess the land nor fill the face of the world with Cities that is that they may not grow up in their fathers stead and raise up again that State and Empire which God had overturned and replenish the world with another wicked generation that might dom neer and make as much havock in the world and enlarge their Dominion by building and beautifying many Cities called by their names as their Fathers had done before them Ver. 22. For I will rise up against them saith the Lord of hosts c. Having in the foregoing verse enjoyned the Medes Persians and others to cut off the issue of the Babylonian King that they might not rise nor possess the land here he assures them that this should be effected how incredible soever it might seem in an eye of reason because the Lord himself would rise up against them who would certainly bring it to pass and cut off from Babylon that is from the King of Babylon the name and remnant that is all his Posterity see the Notes Psal 9.5 1 King 14.10 and so it is expounded in the following words and Son and Nephew But yet there are very many Expositors understand this more generally that God would cut off from Babylon the name that is the great fame and glory which that City had gotten by the renown of their King and remnant and Son and Nephew that is the Posterity of the inhabitants of Babylon Ver. 23. I will also make it a possession for the Bittern c. A kind of water-fowl that thrusting her bill into the mire or some broken cane doth thereby several times together make a most hideous noise like the braying of an Asse which translation of the original word seems the more probable because of the following words and pools of water and because elsewhere the Bitter and the Cormorant another water-fowl are joyned together Chap. 34.11 But the Cormorant and the Bittern shall p●ssess it and so also Zeph. 2.14 As for that which is said here of making Babylon pools of water the most Expositors hold that this was occasioned by Cyrus his letting out the River Euphrates into many ditches which he had cut for that purpose that so he might with his Army pass over that great River and surprise Babylon by means whereof the Country or Land thereabouts that was low and watry before became much more moorish and fenny especially in after-times when by degrees the dams and sluces came to be more and more neglected and the dikes to be choaked up and I will sweep it with the besome of destruction saith the Lord to wit by clearing it of all the riches and inhabitants thereof See the Notes Chap. 13.19 20. and 1 Kings 14.10 Ver. 24. The Lord of hosts hath sworn saying Surely as I have thought so shall it come to pass c. See the Note Chap. 5.9 Ver. 25. That I will break the Assyrian c. The rod of Gods anger as the Prophet had before called him Chap. 10.5 in my land that is the land of Judea which God had given to his people and where he had promised to dwell amongst them and upon my mountains that is the mountains of Judea or those about Jerusalem tread him under foot as in great wrath and contempt See the Note Psal 44.5 And this I conceive is meant of the destruction of Sennacherib King of Assyria and his Army related 2 Kings 19.35 36. which was done not far from Jerusalem which they were come to besiege that hereby it might be the more apparent that it was the God of Israel that destroyed him and that for seeking to ruine his people then shall his yoke depart from off them and his burden depart from off their shoulders that is then shall the Assyrian yoke be taken from off my people See the Note Chap. 10.27 Some indeed hold that it is the Babylonian that is here called the Assyrian See the Note Ezra 6.22 to wit because the Assyrian Empire was translated to the Babylonians when they subdued the Assyrians and because when the Babylonian invaded the land of Judea his Army consisted chiefly of the Assyrians who were then under his command and nearest to Judea and upon pretence of whose old quarrel against the Jews it may well be that he took occasion to invade them But this