Isaiah:2

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* The worde that Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sawe vpon Iudah and Ierusalem . * And it (note :)The decree and ordinance of God , concerning the restoration of the Church , which is chiefly meant by the time of Christ .(:note ) shall come to pass in the last days , [that ] the mount of the LORD 'S house In an evident place to be seen and discerned . shall be established on the top of the mountains , and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all nations shall When the kingdom of Christ will be enlarged by the preaching of the doctrine . Here also is declared the zeal of the children of God when they are called . flow to it . * And many people shall go and say , Come ye , and let us go up to (note :)Alluding to mount Zion , where the visible Church then was .(:note ) the mountain of the LORD , to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways , and we will walk in his paths : for out of Zion shall go forth the Meaning , the whole doctrine of salvation . law , and the word of the LORD from This was accomplished when the gospel was first preached in Jerusalem , and from there went through all the world . Jerusalem . * And (note :)The Lord , who is Christ , will have all power given to him .(:note ) he shall judge among the nations , and shall That they may acknowledge their sins , and turn to him . rebuke many people : and they shall He shows the fruit of the peace which the gospel should bring , that is , that men should do good to one another , while before they were enemies . beat their swords into plowshares , and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn He speaks not against the use of weapons and lawful war , but shows how the hearts of the godly will be affected one toward another , which peace and love begin and grow in this life , but will be perfected when we are joined with our head Jesus Christ . war any more . * O house of Jacob , come ye , and let us (note :)Seeing the Gentiles will be ready , make haste , and show them the way to worship God .(:note ) walk in the light of the LORD . * Therefore thou (note :)The prophet seeing the small hope that the Jews would convert , complains to God as though he had utterly forsaken them for their sins .(:note ) hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob , because they are Full of the corruptions that reigned chiefly in the east parts . filled [with customs ] from the east , and [are ] soothsayers like the Philistines , They altogether gave themselves to the fashions of other nations . and they please themselves in the children of foreigners . * Their land also is full of (note :)The prophet first condemned their superstition and idolatry next their covetousness and thirdly their vain trust in worldly means .(:note ) silver and gold , neither [is there any ] end of their treasures ; their land is also full of horses , neither [is there any ] end of their chariots : * Their land also was full of idols : they worshipped the worke of their owne hands , which their owne fingers haue made . * And the mean man boweth down , and the great man (note :)He notes the nature of the idolaters who are never satisfied in their superstitions .(:note ) humbleth himself : therefore Thus the prophet spoke being inflamed with the zeal of God 's glory , and that he might fear them with God 's judgment . forgive them not . * Enter into the rocke , and hide thee in the dust from before the feare of the Lord , and from the glory of his maiestie . * The lofty looks of man shall be humbled , and the haughtiness of men shall be abased , and the LORD alone shall be exalted in (note :)Meaning , as soon as God will begin to execute his judgments .(:note ) that day . * For the day of the Lorde of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie , and vpon all that is exalted : and it shalbe made lowe . * Euen vpon all the cedars of Lebanon , that are hie &amp ; exalted , &amp ; vpon all the okes of Bashan , * And upon all the high (note :)By high trees and mountains are he means the proud and lofty , who think themselves most strong in this world .(:note ) mountains , and upon all the hills [that are ] lifted up , * And vpon euery hie tower , and vpon euery strong wall , * And upon (note :)He condemns their vain confidence which they had in strongholds and in their rich merchandise which brought in vain pleasures with which men 's minds became effeminate .(:note ) all the ships of Tarshish , and upon all pleasant pictures . * And the hautinesse of men shalbe brought low , and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased , and the Lord shall onely be exalted in that day . * And the idoles will he vtterly destroy . * Then they shall goe into the holes of the rockes , &amp ; into the caues of the earth , from before the feare of the Lorde , and from the glory of his maiestie , when he shall arise to destroy the earth . * In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver , and his idols of gold , which they made [each one ] for himself to worship , (note :)They will cast them into vile and filthy places when they perceive that they are not able to help them .(:note ) to the moles and to the bats ; * To goe into the holes of the rockes , and into the toppes of the ragged rockes from before the feare of the Lorde , and from the glory of his maiestie , when he shall rise to destroy the earth . * Cease ye from man , whose (note :)Cast off your vain confidence in man , whose life is so frail that if his nose is stopped he is dead and consider that you are dealing with God .(:note ) breath [is ] in his nostrils : for why is he to be esteemed ?

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