Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin (continued)
Chapter 1
COMMENTARY ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH
CHAPTER 1 Isaiah Chapter 1:1-31 1. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
1. Visio Isaiae filii Amoz, quam vidit super Iudam et Ierusalem in diebus Usiae, Iotham, Achaz, Ezechiae, regum Iuda.
2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
2. Audite caeli, et ausculta terra; quia sic Dominus loquitur, Filios educavi et sustuli, ipsi tamen scelerate egerunt in me, (vel, rebellarunt contra me.)
3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
3. Cognovit bos possessorem suum, et asinus praesepe dominorum suorum: Israel non cognovit, populus meus non intellexit.
4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
4. O gens scelesta, populus onustus iniquitate, semen malignorum, filii degeneres! dereliquerunt Iehovam, spreverunt (vel, provocarunt ad iram) sanctum Israelis, alienati sunt retrorsum.
5. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
5. Quorsum adhuc vos percuterem? Adjicietis praevaricationem. Totum caput languori, et totum cor dolori.
6. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in