Isaiah 30

^{1 b} They seke shiftes to cloke their doings, and not godlie meanes.

^{1 !} He reproueth the Jewes which in their aduersitie vsed their owne counsels, and soght hele of the Egyptians.

^{1 a} Who contrarie to their promes, take not me for their protectour, & contrarie to my commandment seke helpe at strangers.

^{4 c} The chirf of Israel went into Egypt in ambassie to seke helpe, and abode at these cities.

^{6 d} That is, a heauy sentence or prophecie against the beasts that carried their treasures into Egypt, by the wildernes, which was South from Judah: signifying that if the beastes shulde not be spared, the men shulde be punished muche more grieuously.

^{7 e} To wit, to Jerusalem.

^{7 f} And not to come to & fro to seke helpe.

^{8 g} That is, this prophecie.

^{8 h} That it may be a witnes, against them for all posteritie.

^{9 i} He sheweth what was the cause of their destruction & bringeth also all miserie to man: to wit, because they wolde not heare the worde of God,but delited to be flattered, and led in errour.

^{10 !} Despising the Prophetes.

^{10 k} Threaten vs not by the worde of God, nether be so rigorous, nor talke vnto vs vn the name of the Lord, as {Jer. 11,12}

^{12 l} Meaning, in their stubbernes against God, and the admonitions of his Prophetes.

^{14 m} Signifying, that the destruction of the wicked shalbe without recouerie.

^{15 n} Oft times by his Prophets he put you in remembrance of this, that you shulde onely depend on him.

^{16 !} Therefore he sheweth what destruction shal come vpon them,

^{16 o} We wil trust to escape by our horses.

^{17 p} Whereas all the trees are cut downe saue two or thre to make mastes.

^{18 !} But offreth mercie to the repentant.

^{18 q} He commendeth the great mercies of God who with pacience waiteth to call sinners to repentance.

^{18 r} Not onely in punishing, but in vsing moderation in the same, as {Jer. 10,24}, and {Jer. 30,11}.

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^{21 s} God shal direct all thy wayes, and apporint thee how to go ether hether or thether.

^{22 t} Ye shal cast away your idoles, which you haue made of golde, & siluer with all that belongeth vnto them, as a moste filthy thing and polluted.

^{22 u} Shewing that there can be no true repentance except both in heart and dede we shewe our sleues enemies to idolatrie.

^{25 x} By these diuerse manners of speache he sheweth that the felicitie of the Church shalbe so great, that none is able sufficiently to expresse it.

^{26 y} When the Church shalbe restored, the glorie thereof shal passe seuen times the brightnes of the sunne: for by the sunne and the moone, which are two excellent creatures, he sheweth what shalbe the glorie of the children of God and the kingdome of Christ.

^{27 z} This threatning is against the Assyrians, the chief enemies of the people of God.

^{28 a} To driue thee to nothing: and thus God consumeth the wicked by that meanes, whereby he clenseth his.

^{29 b} Ye shal rejoice at the destruction of your enemies, as they that sing for joye of the solemne feast which began in the euening.

^{31 c} Gods plauge.

^{32 d} It shal destroy.

^{32 f} Against Babel: meaning the Assyrians and Babylonians.

^{32 e} With joye & assurance of the victorie.

^{33 g} Here it is taken for hel, where the wicked are tormented, read {2 Kings 23,10)

^{33 h} So that their estate or degre can not exept the wicked.

^{33 i} By these figuratiue speaches he declareth the condition of the wicked after this life.