Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin
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Isaiah Chapter 21:1-17 1. The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
1. Onus deserti maris, Sicut tempestates in australi regione, transituræ a deserto, veniet a terra horribili.
2. A grievous vision is declared unto me: The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media: all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
2. Visio dura indicata est mihi: transgressor transgressori, et vastator vastatori. Ascende, Persa; obside, Mede; omnem gemitum ejus cessare feci.
3. Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it
3. Propterea impleti sunt lumbi mei dolore; angustiæ corripuerunt me, sicut angustiæ parturientis; incurvatus sum audiendo, et videndo obstupui.
4. My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
4. Concussum est cor meum; horror perterruit me; noctem deliciarum mearum posuit mihi in horrorem.
5. Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
5. Adorna mensam, speculare in specula, comede, bibe; surgite, Principes, et ungite clypeum.
6. For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
6. Quoniam sic dixit ad me Dominus: Vade, constitue vigilem, qui annun-