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An exposition of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah by the endeavours of W. Day ...
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Day, William, ca. 1605-1684.
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in the midst of it By this Tower is meant Hierusalem which was the strongest fortresse of all that Country And also made a Wine-presse therein By this is meant the Altar of Hierusalem which ran with the bloud of the slain beast as the Winepress did with the juyce of the prest grapes And he looked that it should bring forth grapes By grapes are meant workâ—s of Righteousnesse v. 7. And it brought forth wild grapes By wild grapes are meant woâ—kâ—s of unrighteousnessâ— v. 7. c. 3. And now O Inhabitants of Hierusalem and men of Judah judge I pray you betwixt me and my Vineyard q. d. And now O Inhabitants of Hierusalem and men of Judah speak your selves whether I or my Vineyard that is whether I or you be in the fault that for works of Righteousnesse ye bring forth works of unrighteousnesse 4. What could I have done more to my Vineyard that I have not done in it q. d. What greater kindnesse could have been shewed to a People than I have shewed to you that I might induce you to obey my Commandements and work the workes oâ— righteousnesse Wherâ—fore when I looked that it should bring forth grapes brought it forth wild grapes q. d. Why then when I looked that ye should work the works of Righteousnesse did yâ— work the works of unrighteousnesse And now go to I will tell you what I will 〈◊〉 to my Vineyard q. d. And now go to I will tell you how I will deal with you my People 5. I will take away the hedge thereâ—f and 〈◊〉 shall be eaten up and beat dâ—wn the wall thereof and it shall be trodden dâ—wn i. e. I will forsake you and be your Shield and defence no longer but suffer your enemies to invade you and spoile you 6. And I will lay it waste it shall not be pruned nor digged but there shall come uâ— briars and thornes i. e. No body shall have any care of you or respect to you I will also command the Clouds that they rain no rain upon it i. e. I will also withhold my loving kindnesse from my Vine-yard that is from you 7. The house of Israel and the men of Judah These two phrases signifie the same men and are but a repetition of the same thing in divers words That Israel is taken for Judah See Chap. 1. vers 3. And the men of Judah his pleasant Plant. Under the Men of Judah we must comprehend the Men of Benjamin also which clave to the Tribe of Judah in the Schisme made by Jeroboam Which men may be called Gods pleasant Plant because they revolted not to Idolatry as the other ten Tribes did but retained the worship of God for which he had more pleasure in them than in the ten Tribes though at length they revolted also He looked for judgement i. e. He looked for upright dealings in the Courts of Justice and that Justice should be administred with an even hand to the poore as well as to the rich See Cap. 1. v. 21. This place concerneth Judges and those which had to do in Courts of Justice But behold oppression But instead of Judgement he findes oppression to wit oppression of the poor and fatherlesse and widdow For righteousnesse but behold a cry This is a repetition of the former Sentence and a cry is taken here for oppression and wrong because oppression and wrong cause those which are oppressed and wronged to cry Metonymia effecti Here the prophet beginneth to shew what those wilde grapes were which the Vineyard of the Lord brought forth 8. Woe unto them that joyne house to house c He sheweth here more wilde grapes which the Lords Vineyard brought forth That is more sinnes of the house of Israel and men of Judah But he changeth a little his manner of speaking of them from what he used in the former verse speaking here of them with a woe to them which did commit such things which he did not there Woe to them which joyne house to house and field to field i. e. Woe to them which buy more housen to those which they have already and more fields to those which they have already He taxeth here their insatiable covetousnesse Till there be no place Supple For the Poor to dwell in Or till there be no place Supple which they have not got into their own hands In the midst of the earth i. e. In the earth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 By the earth is meant the land of Judah or Judaea which is often called the earth per Synecdochen integri 9. In mine cares said the Lord of Hosts i. e. The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing Many houses shall be desolate These houses were made desolate because the Inhabitants were forced to flie or were destroyed or led away captive by their enemies Even great and faire q. d. Even their great and fair houses upon which they have spent so much cost shall be desolate This is the punishment of their joyning house to house a punishment answering to their sin 10. Yea. i. e. And. For so must we interpret this Particle Yea making it a Copulative coupling the other part of the punishment which answereth to the other part or Species of the sin to the first part thereof Or Yea may signifie q. d. Yea which is yet more wonderfull than that c. Ten Acres of Vineyard An Acre is asmuch ground as a Yoke of Oxen can plow in a day It is held to be a space of ground containing 240 feet in length and 120 in breadth Shall yeeld one Bath i. e. Shall yeeld but one Bath of wine q. d. Ten Acres of Vineyard shall yeeld no more grapes than will make one Bath of wine How much a Bath contained being there is such variety about it I determine not Some make it to containe nine Gallons and three quarts of our measure Others seven gallons one pottle three ounces three quarters and a half and twelve graines Others four gallons and a half According to the greatest of which accounts one Acre of Vineyard would not yeeld one gallon of wine And the seed of an Homer shall yeeld an Ephah i. e. And an Homer of seed being sowed shall yeeld but one Ephah Note that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 onely is here to be understood Whatsoever was the just measure of an Homer according to our measures of which it is not yet agreed an Ephah was but the Tenth part of an Homer Ezekiel cap. 45. ver 11. As he threatned a desolation or that that many houses should be without Inhabitants for their joyning house to house So he threatneth here that their Land should scarce yeeld the tenth part of the seed which was sowne for their joyning field to field When and how this came to passe we have no certaine ground to revolt yet we doubt not but what the Prophet here speakes of was fullfilled in its due time 11. Wee unto them that rise up
attaine to the end which God hath propounded to us by holy actions as we come by the way to the place to which we would go Of the just i. e. Of the just men Supple which hide themselves in Jerusalem from the Assyrians He puts here a Singular for a Plural number by an Enallage Is uprightnesse i. e. Is upright and without hypocrisie He saith uprightnesse for upright using an Abstract for a Concrete per Metonymiam Adjuncti Thou most upright i. e. Thou O God which art the most upright Dost weigh the path of the just i. e. Dost examin the wayes or the actions of these just men and dost finde them to be truly upright Dost weigh i e. Dost examin This word is metaphoricall taken from the weighing of such merchantable Commodities as are sold by weight or from the weighing of gold in scales to know whether it be weight or no. Note that the word weight is to be taken here not onely for to examine but also to finde good upon examination by a Syllepsis The path i. e. The way that is the actions as before 8. Yea in the way of thy judgements O Lord have we waited for thee i. e. Yea when thy judgements and chastisements and afflictions brought upon us by the Assyrians have been upon us we have not fainted or started aside but have waited for thee that is for thy salvation and for thy coming to deliver us This is a great argument of true and sincere uprightnesse not to be offended because of afflictions and persecutions but to put our trust in God even when he doth chastise us and afflict us Note here the Enallage first of the number for he speaks of the just in the Plural number whereas he spoke of them in the Singular number just before then of the person for he speaks of them here in the first person making himself one of the number whereas he spoke of them there in the third Have we waited for thee i. e. For thy coming See cap. 25.9 Or for thee that is for thy help or for thy loving kindnesse The desire of our soule is to thy name i. e. The desire of our soul hath been to thee as to the object thereof that is we have heartily desired thee thy presence to help us or we have heartily desired thy loving kindness towards us A Present is here put for a Preterperfect tense To thy name i. e. To thee An Hebrew Periphrase And to the remembrance of thee i. e. And to the remembrance of those things which thou hast done for them which trust in thee and of the promises which thou hast made to us for by the remembrance of thâ—se things are we sustained in the midst of all our afflictions Of thee i. e. Of the things which thou hast done for them which trust in thee and of the promises which thou hast made to us for God may be and is often put especially in the Psalmes for his actions and his attributes by a metonymy of the cause and of the subject 9. With my soule have I desired thee i. e. And I thy servant have also with my soule desired and prayed for thy mercy and loving kindness towards us thy people In the night Supple At which time I have bin waking when others have been asleep It is probable which some say that this Song ended at the eight verse and that Isaiah himself fore-seeing by this song what God would do for the righteous and their prayers and how he would deale with the proud becomes a suiter to God for the salvation of the poor Jews from the fury of the Assyrians and for the destruction of those Assyrians their proud and deadly enemies Will I seâ—k thee i. e. I will seek thy mercy and loving-kindness and pray for it What we desire and seek for truly sincerely at Gods hands we pray to him for for that is the means appointed to us to obtaine from him for call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver thee saith the Lord Psal 50.15 Ask and it shall be given you saith our Saviour Mat. 7.7 Early i. e. Betimes in the morning when my spirits are fresh and before I doe any other thing yea while others are yet scarce awake For when thy judgements are in the earth Between these and the former words we must understand this or the like prayer or petition viz. Shew us therefore thy mercy and loving-kindness O Lord and take away thy judgements from us which trust in thee and poure them out upon our enemies the wicked Assyrians which fear not thy Name When thy judgements are in the earth i. e. When thy judgements are upon the Inhabitants of the earth that is upon the Assyrians Note that in is put here for on or upon and that by the earth are meant the Inhabitants of the earth by a metonymy and by the Inhabitants of the earth in generall are meant the Assyrians in particular whom he calls the Inhabitants of the world in the next words and againe in the eighteen verse The Inhabitants of the world i. e. The Assyrians See verse 18. Will learn righteousness And so by consequence will not use oppression as now they do towards us 10. Let favour be shewed to the wicked i. e. If thou sparest him that is wicked and dost suffer him to go unpunished and to escape thy judgements By the wicked in generall he meaneth the Assyrians in particular by a Synecdoche He will not learn righteousnesse i. e. He will not learn righteousnesse and so by consequence will not leave off to do evill and to oppresse In the Land of uprightnesse c. q.d. Yea though he be in a Land where uprightnesse is professed and practiseâ— such as the Land of Judah is and liveth among righteous men whose example might move him to deale righteously yet if thou dost not smite him but sparest him he will do unrightly The Laâ—d of uprightnesse i. e. The upright Land for the Hebrews put a Substantive of the Genitive Case for an Adjective And a Land is called a Land of uprightnesse or an upright Land because of the Inhabitants thereof which are upright men and professe and practise uprightnesse therein He will deale unjustly i. e. He will do wrong And will not behold the Majesty of the Lord. i. e. And will not take notice of the power of God over all men and of his justice so as to reverence and feare him and leave off to deal unjustly to do wrong for fear of him The Majesty of the Lord By the Majesty of the Lord is meant the Lord himselfe See cap. 24.14 And by the Lord himselfe is meant the power and justice of the Lord by a Metonymy Lord when thy hand is lifted up they will not see i. e. Yea though thou dost threaten them for their evill doings and art ready to smite them if thou dost not smite them they will take no notice of it but