Commentary on Isaiah Volume 2 John Calvin
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
16. Nec Libanus sufficeret ad incendium, nec bestiae ejus ad holocaustum. 17. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
17. Omnes gentes quasi nihilum sunt corameo, et praeipso reputantur minus quam nihil, et quod non est.
18. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
18. Cui igitur similem fecistis Deum, aut quam similitudinem ordinabitis ei?
19. The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
19. Artifex parat sculptlie, aurifaber aurum aptat illi, et catenas argenteas (conflat) aurifaber.
20. He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
20. Pauper oblationi eligit lignum quod non putrescat; artificem peritum quaerit sibi qui sculptlie praeparet, ne moveatur.
21. Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
21. An nescitis? An non audistis? An non vobis annuntiatum est ab initio? An non edocti estis a fundamentis terrae?
22. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
22. Is sedet super gyrum terrae, cujus habitatores sunt vehti locustae, extendit coelum ut cortinam; expandit, inquam, quasi tentorium, ut inhabitetur.
23. That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
23. Redigit potentes in nihilum, gubernatores terrae quasi non slut. 24. Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
24. Perinde ut non plantati, perinde ut non sati, perinde acsi non radix in terra stirps eorum. Etiam dum sufflat in eos arescunt, et turbo quasi stipulam aufert eos.
25. To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
25. Et cut assimilabitis me, ut similis sim? dicit Sanctus. 26. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.