Commentary on Isaiah Volume 2 John Calvin (continued)
Chapter 57
CHAPTER 57
Isaiah 57:1-21 1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come
1. Justus periit, et nemo est qui cor adjiciat. Viri misericordiae colligantur, nec est qui animadvertat, quod a facie mali colligatur justus.
2. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
2. Veniet pax, quiescent in cubilibus suis, quisquis ambulat coram eo. 3. But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
3. Et vos accedite huc, filii veneficae, semen adulteri et meretricis. 4. Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
4. Super quem oblectati estis? Super quo aperuistis os? Exeruistis linguam? Annon vos filii praevaricatores? Semen mendax?
5. Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
5. Incalescentes in quercubus (vel, cum diis) sub omni arbore frondosa, immolantes pueros in convallibus, sub prominentiis riparum.
6. Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
6. In politis lapidibus (vel, in partibus torrentis) vallis pars tua; ipsi, ipsi sors tua. Etiam ipsis fudisti libamen, obtulisti sacrificium; an super his