geneva - Isaiah:38-40

geneva@Isaiah:38:1 @ In those (note:)Soon after that the Assyrians were slain: so that God will have the exercise of his children continually, that they may learn only to depend on God and aspire to the heavens.(:note) days was Hezekiah sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

geneva@Isaiah:38:2 @ Then Hezekiah (note:)For his heart was touched with fear of God's judgment, seeing he had appointed him to die so quickly after his deliverance from so great calamity, as one unworthy to remain in that estate, and also foreseeing the great change that would come in the Church, as he left no son to reign after him: for as yet Manasseh was not born, and when he reigned, we see what a tyrant he was.(:note) turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,

geneva@Isaiah:38:3 @ And saide, I beseeche thee, Lord, remember nowe howe I haue walked before thee in trueth, and with a perfite heart, & haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.

geneva@Isaiah:38:4 @ Then came the worde of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

geneva@Isaiah:38:5 @ Goe, and say vnto Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres.

geneva@Isaiah:38:6 @ And I will deliver thee and this city (note:)He not only promises to prolong his life, but to give him rest and quietness from the Assyrians, who might have renewed their army to revenge their former defeat.(:note) from the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

geneva@Isaiah:38:7 @ And (note:)For Hezekiah had asked for a sign for the confirmation of his faith, as in (Isa_38:22; 2Ki_20:8), to which he was moved by the singular motion of God's spirit.(:note) this [shall be] a sign to thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

geneva@Isaiah:38:8 @ Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which hath gone down on the (note:)Read (2Ki_20:8).(:note) sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it had gone down.

geneva@Isaiah:38:9 @

geneva@Isaiah:38:10 @ I said in the (note:)At which time it was told to me, that I would die.(:note) cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

geneva@Isaiah:38:11 @ I said, (note:)I will no more praise the Lord here in this temple among the faithful thus God permits his dearest children to want his consolation for a time that his grace afterward may appear when they feel their own weakness.(:note) I shall not see the LORD, [even] the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

geneva@Isaiah:38:12 @ My age hath departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I (note:)By my sin I have provoked God to take my life from me.(:note) have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day [even] That is, in one day, or shortly. to night wilt thou make an end of me.

geneva@Isaiah:38:13 @ I reckoned (note:)Overnight I thought that I would live till morning, but my pangs in the night persuaded me the contrary: he shows the horror that the faithful have when they apprehend God's judgment against their sin.(:note) till morning, [that], as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.

geneva@Isaiah:38:14 @ Like a crane [or] a swallow, so I (note:)I was so oppressed with sorrow, that I was not able to utter my words, but only to groan and sigh.(:note) chattered: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

geneva@Isaiah:38:15 @ What shall I say? (note:)God has declared by his prophet that I will die and therefore I will yield to him.(:note) he hath both spoken to me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go I will have no release, but continual sorrows while I live. softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

geneva@Isaiah:38:16 @ O Lord, (note:)They who will outlive the men that are now alive, and all they who are in these years will acknowledge this blessing.(:note) by these [things men] live, and in all these [things is] the life of my spirit: so wilt thou That after that you had condemned me to death you restored me to life. restore me, and make me to live.

geneva@Isaiah:38:17 @ Behold, for (note:)While I thought to have lived in rest and ease being delivered from my enemy, I had grief upon grief.(:note) peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my He values more the remission of his sins, and God's favour than a thousand lives. sins behind thy back.

geneva@Isaiah:38:18 @ For (note:)For as much as God has placed man in this world to glorify him, the godly take it as a sign of his wrath, when their days were shortened, either because they seemed unworthy for their sins to live longer in his service, or for their zeal to God's glory, seeing that there are so few in earth who regard it as in (Psa_6:5, Psa_115:17).(:note) the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

geneva@Isaiah:38:19 @ The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the (note:)All posterity will acknowledge and the fathers according to their duty toward their children will instruct them in your graces and mercies toward me.(:note) children shall make known thy truth.

geneva@Isaiah:38:20 @ The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of (note:)He shows what is the use of the Congregation and Church, that is, to give the Lord thanks for his benefits.(:note) our life in the house of the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:38:21 @ For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and (note:)Read (2Ki_20:7).(:note) lay [it] for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

geneva@Isaiah:38:22 @ Hezekiah also (note:)As in (Isa_38:7).(:note) had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

geneva@Isaiah:39:1 @ At that time (note:)This was the first king of Babylon, who overcame the Assyrians in the tenth year of his reign.(:note) Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Partly moved with the greatness of this miracle, partly because he showed himself an enemy to their enemies, but chiefly bacause he would join with them whom God favoured and have their help if needed. letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.

geneva@Isaiah:39:2 @ And Hezekiah was (note:)Read (2Ki_20:13; 2Ch_32:25, 2Ch_32:31).(:note) glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasuries: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.

geneva@Isaiah:39:3 @ Then came Isaiah the Prophet vnto King Hezekiah, & said vnto him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah saide, They are come from a farre countrey vnto me, from Babel.

geneva@Isaiah:39:4 @ Then said he, What have (note:)He asks him of the particulars, to make him understand the craft of the wicked, which he before being overcome with their flattery and blinded with ambition, could not see.(:note) they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that [is] in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

geneva@Isaiah:39:5 @ And Isaiah saide to Hezekiah, Heare the worde of the Lord of hostes,

geneva@Isaiah:39:6 @ Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thy house, and [that] which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be (note:)By the grievousness of the punishment is declared how greatly God detested ambition and vain glory.(:note) carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:39:7 @ And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be (note:)That is, officers and servants.(:note) eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

geneva@Isaiah:39:8 @

geneva@Isaiah:40:1 @ Comfort (note:)This is a consolation for the Church, assuring them that they will never be destitute of prophets by which he exhorts the true ministers of God that then were, and those also that would come after him, to comfort the poor afflicted and to assure them of their deliverance both of body and soul.(:note) ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

geneva@Isaiah:40:2 @ Speak ye kindly to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her (note:)The time of her affliction.(:note) warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received from the LORD'S hand Meaning, sufficient as in (Isa_61:7) and full correction, or double grace, while she deserved double punishment. double for all her sins.

geneva@Isaiah:40:3 @ The (note:)That is, of the prophets.(:note) voice of him that crieth in the That is, in Babylonia and other places, where they were kept in captivity and misery. wilderness, Meaning Cyrus and Darius who would deliver God's people out of captivity and make them a ready way to Jerusalem. Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

geneva@Isaiah:40:4 @ Every valley shall be exalted, and every (note:)Whatever may prevent or hinder this deliverance will be removed.(:note) mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

geneva@Isaiah:40:5 @ And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all (note:)This miracle will be so great, that it will be known through all the world.(:note) flesh together shall see [it]: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].

geneva@Isaiah:40:6 @ The (note:)The voice of God which spoke to the prophet Isaiah.(:note) voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all its Meaning, all man's wisdom and natural powers, (Jam_1:10; 1Pe_1:24). beauty [is] as the flower of the field:

geneva@Isaiah:40:7 @ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the (note:)The spirit of God will discover the vanity in all that seems to have any excellency of themselves.(:note) breath of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.

geneva@Isaiah:40:8 @ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the (note:)Though considering the frailty of man's nature many of the Jews would perish, and so not be partakers of this deliverance, yet God's promise would be fulfilled, and they who remained, would feel the fruit of it.(:note) word of our God shall stand for ever.

geneva@Isaiah:40:9 @ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, go up upon the high (note:)To publish this benefit through all the world.(:note) mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold He shows in one word the perfection of all man's happiness, which is to have God's presence. your God!

geneva@Isaiah:40:10 @ Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong [hand], and (note:)His power will be sufficient without help of any other, and will have all means in himself to bring his will to pass.(:note) his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him.

geneva@Isaiah:40:11 @ He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with (note:)He will show his care and favour over them who are weak and tender.(:note) young.

geneva@Isaiah:40:12 @ Who hath comprehended the waters in the hollow of his (note:)Declaring that as only God has all power, so does he use the same for the defence and maintenance of his Church.(:note) hand, and measured heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

geneva@Isaiah:40:13 @ Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] (note:)He shows God's infinite wisdom for the same.(:note) his counsellor hath taught him?

geneva@Isaiah:40:14 @ Of whom tooke he counsell, and who instructed him and taught him in the way of iudgement? or taught him knowledge, and shewed vnto him the way of vnderstanding?

geneva@Isaiah:40:15 @ Beholde, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: beholde, he taketh away the yles as a litle dust.

geneva@Isaiah:40:16 @ And Lebanon is not sufficient for fire, nor the beastes thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

geneva@Isaiah:40:17 @ All nations before him [are] as (note:)He speaks all this to the intent that they would neither fear man nor put their trust in any, save only in God.(:note) nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

geneva@Isaiah:40:18 @ To whom then (note:)By this he arms them against the idolatry with which they would be tempted in Babylon.(:note) will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?

geneva@Isaiah:40:19 @ The workeman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith maketh siluer plates.

geneva@Isaiah:40:20 @ He that [is] so (note:)He shows the rage of the idolaters, seeing that the poor who do not have enough to meet their own needs will defraud themselves to serve their idols.(:note) impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh for himself a skilful workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.

geneva@Isaiah:40:21 @ Have ye not known? have ye not (note:)Do you not have the word of God, which plainly condemns idolatry?(:note) heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the Can you not learn by the visible creatures whom God has made for your use, that you should not serve them or worship them? foundations of the earth?

geneva@Isaiah:40:22 @ He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.

geneva@Isaiah:40:23 @ He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

geneva@Isaiah:40:24 @ 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 (note:)So that his power appears in every place we turn our eyes.(:note) blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

geneva@Isaiah:40:25 @ To whom nowe will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one?

geneva@Isaiah:40:26 @ Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth (note:)Who has set in order the infinite number of the stars.(:note) 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.

geneva@Isaiah:40:27 @ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, (note:)He rebukes the Jews because they did not rest on the providence of God, but thought that he had forsaken them in their troubles.(:note) My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over by my God?

geneva@Isaiah:40:28 @ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the (note:)And therefore all power is in his hand to deliver when his time comes.(:note) ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his Showing that men must patiently abide, and not curiously seek out the cause of God's delay in our affliction. understanding.

geneva@Isaiah:40:29 @ But he giueth strength vnto him that fainteth, and vnto him that hath no strength, he encreaseth power.

geneva@Isaiah:40:30 @

geneva@Isaiah:40:31 @ But they that waite vpon the Lord, shall renue their strength: they shall lift vp the wings as the eagles: they shall runne, and not be wearie, and they shall walke and not faint.

geneva@Isaiah:41:1 @ Keep (note:)God as though he pleaded his cause with all nations requires silence, that he may be heard in his right.(:note) silence before me, O isles; and let the people That is, gather all their power and supports. renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.