Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Ver. 1. _Behold my servant._] Cyrus partly, but Christ principally Mat 12:18 _See Trapp on "_ Mat 12:18 _"_ Php 2:7 A servant he was, yet not men... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. Ver. 2. _He shall not cry, nor lift up._] See on Matthew 12:19. Cyrus was a very mild and gentle prince, so that his Persians called him their father, but his son, Cambyses, their lord, as Herodotus _a_ recordeth. Christ'... [ Continue Reading ]
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Ver. 3. _A bruised reed shall he not break,_] _i.e., _ A contrite heart, Psa 51:17 in whom there shall appear to be anything of Christ, though never so little: that are faithful in... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. Ver. 4. _He shall not fail, nor be discouraged._] _Non erit tristis nec turbulentus; _ so the Vulgate hath it. He shall be master of his passions, and keep an even state of his looks... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: Ver. 5. _Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stre... [ Continue Reading ]
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; Ver. 6. _I the Lord have called thee._] To the Mediatorship. _ And will hold thine hand._] Working wonders by thee, and with thee. _... [ Continue Reading ]
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. Ver. 7. _To open the blind eyes._] By the preaching of the gospel. Acts 26:18 2Co 4:4-6 Rev 3:18 _ To bring out the prisoners from the prison._] To free poor souls from the... [ Continue Reading ]
I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Ver. 8. _I am the Lord._] I, and no heathen petty god, as I have plainly and plentifully proved, _nemine contradicente._ That is my name.] God, though he be above all name (when Manoah... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them._ Ver. 9. _Behold, the former things are come to pass._] The prophecies are fulfilled. _ Before they spring forth, I tell you of them._] Therefore I am the true God undoubtedly, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof._ Ver. 10. _Sing unto the Lord a new song._] The disputation being ended, and God having clearly got the better, the prophet singet... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages [that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Ver. 11. _Let the wilderness._] Ye that dwell eastward. It was called the wilderness, because but thinly inhab... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands._ Ver. 12. _Let them give glory._] See Isaiah 42:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. Ver. 13. _The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man._] Or, As a giant. And here, by an elegant hypotyposis, _a_ the fierce wrath of God against his foes... [ Continue Reading ]
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. Ver. 14. _I have long time holden my peace._] As a travailing woman biteth in her pain as long as she is able. So had God, for causes best known... [ Continue Reading ]
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. Ver. 15. _I will make waste mountains and hills._] I will rather invert the order of nature, and mingle heaven and earth together, than my Church shall want seasonable... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. Ver. 16. _And I will bring the blind by a way._] This was fulf... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods._ Ver. 17. _They shall be greatly ashamed._] Heb., Be ashamed with shame; because disappointed and defeated, as the Papists oft have been when they have fought ag... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. Ver. 18. _Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind._] Ye who, as so many sea monsters or deaf adders, will not hear, and as so many blind moles will not see, by a petulant blindness, and of obstinate malice; such were the scribes and Pharisees, who winke... [ Continue Reading ]
Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant? Ver. 19. _Who is blind, but my servant?_] Who so blind as he that will not see? Israel was God's peculiar, and had the light of his law, yet were blind as... [ Continue Reading ]
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. Ver. 20. _But observest not,_] viz., For holy practice. _ But he heareth not._] viz., For any good purpose, he heareth not "what the Spirit saith to the churches.... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable. Ver. 21. _The Lord is well pleased; he will magnify his law, &c._] Or, To magnify his law and make it honourable - _sc., _ by recompensing so highly those that observed it; this he did for his ... [ Continue Reading ]
But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [they are] all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. Ver. 22. _But this is a people robbed and spoiled._] And all too little, unless they were better. Jer... [ Continue Reading ]
Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time to come? Ver. 23. _Who among you will give ear to this?_] _Magna nimirum haec sunt, sed paucis persuasa._ We shall have much ado to make you believe these things, though your liberties, lives, and souls lie upon it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. Ver. 24. _Who gave Jacob for a spoil?_] _Omnia magno adfectu sunt pronuncianda, debentque singula membra huius orati... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid [it] not to heart. Ver. 25. _And it hath set him on fire._] When the country was wasted, the city and temple burnt and ruined... [ Continue Reading ]