Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin (continued)
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
17. Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
17. Ecce Iehova traducet te traductione insigni, et operiendo operiet te. 18. He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
18. Convolvendo volvet te convolutione, quasi globam in terram longinquam manibus; ibi morieris; et ibi currus gloriæ tuæ ignominia domus domini tui.
19. And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
19. Et propulsabo te de statione tua, et de sede tua te expellet. 20. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
20. Et erit in die illa: vocabo servum meum Eliakim, filium Helciæ. 21. And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
21. Et induam eum vestibus tuis, et balteo tuo roborabo eum; et potestatem tuam tradam in manum ejus, et erit pater incolæ Ierusalem et domi Iuda.
22. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder: so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
22. Et ponem clavem domus David super humerum ejus; aperiet, et nemo claudet; claudet, et nemo aperiet.
23. And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
23. Et figam eum veluti clavum in loco fideli; eritque in solium gloriæ domui patris sui.
24. And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
24. Et suspendent ab eo omnem gloriam domus patris sui, nepotes et pronepotes, omnia vasa minora, a vasis craterarum ad cuncta vasa melodiarum.
25. In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it
25. In die illa, dicit Iehova exercituum, recedet clavus fixus in loco fideli, frangetur et cadet, et dissipabitur onus quod fuit super ipsum; quia Iehova loquutus est.
1. The burden of the valley of vision. Isaiah again prophesies against Judea, which he calls the valley of vision. He gives this appellation to the