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Isaiah 2

2 The Church shalbe restored by Christ, and the Gentiles called. 6 The punishment of the rebellious and obstinate.
1.The word that Isaiáh the son of Amóz saw upon Judáh and Jerusalém.
2.*It ashalbe in the last daies, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shalbe prepared in the top of the mountains, and bshalbe exalted above the hills, and all nations shall cflow unto it.
3.And many people shall go, and say, Come, and let us go up to dthe mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jaakób, & he will teach us his ways, & we will walk in his paths: for the eLaw shall go forth of Zión, and the word of the Lord from fJerusalém,
4.And ghe shall judge among the nations, and hrebuke many people: they shall ibreak their swords also into mattockes, and their spears into sithes, nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn kto fight any more.
5.O house of Jaakób, come ye, and let us lwalk in the light of the Lord.
6.Surely thou mhast forsaken thy people, the house of Jaakób, because they are nfull of the East manners, and are sorcerers as the Philistims, oand abunde with strange children.
7.Their land also was full of psilver and gold, and there was none end of their treasures: and their land was full of horses, and their chariots were infinite.
8.Their land also was full of idols: they worshipped the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.
9.And a man bowed him self, and a man qhumbled him self: therefore rspare them not.
10.Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust from before the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.
11.The high look of man shalbe humbled, and the loftiness of men shalbe abased, & the Lord only shalbe exalted in sthat daie.
12.For the daie of the Lord of hostes is upon all the proud and hautie, and upon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made low.
13.Even upon all the cedars of Lebanón, that are high and exalted, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14.And upon all the high tmountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15.And upon every high tower, and upon every strong wall,
16.And upon uall the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17.And the hautines of men shalbe brought low, and the loftiness of men shalbe abased, and the Lord shall only be exalted in that daie.
18.And the idols will he utterly destroy.
19.Then they shall go *into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, from before the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to destroy the earth.
20.At that daie shall man cast away his silver idols, and his golden idols (which they had made them selves to worship them) xto the mowles and to the backs,
21.To go into the holes of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks from before the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise to destroy the earth.
22.Cease you from the man whose ybreath is in his nostrils, for wherein is he to be esteemed?

Notes

2-*.
Mic. 4.1.
2-a.
The decree and ordinance of God, touching the restoration of the Church, which is chiefly meant of the time of Christ.
2-b.
In an evident place to be seen and discerned.
2-c.
When the kingdom of Christ shall be enlarged by the preaching of the doctrine. Here also is declared the zeal of the children of God, when they are called.
3-d.
Alluding to mount Zion, where the visible Church then was.
3-e.
Meaning, the whole doctrine of salvation.
3-f.
This was accomplished, when the Gospel was first preached in Jerusalem, and from thence went through all the world.
4-g.
The Lord, which is Christ, shall have all power given him.
4-h.
That they may acknowledge their sins, and turn to him.
4-i.
He shows the fruit of the peace, which the Gospel should bring to wit, that men should do good one to another, where as before they were enemies.
4-k.
He speaks not against the use of weapons and lawful war, but shows how the hearts of the godly shall be affected one toward another which peace and love does begin and grow in this life, but shall be perfected, when we are joined with our head Christ Jesus.
5-l.
Seeing the Gentiles will be so ready, make you haste and show them the way to worship God.
6-m.
The Prophet seeing the small hope, that the Jews would convert, complains to God, as though he had utterly forsaken them for their sins.
6-n.
Full of the corruptions that reigned chiefly in the East parts.
6-o.
They altogether gave themselves to the fashions of other nations.
7-p.
The Prophet first condemned their superstition and idolatry, next their covetousness, and thirdly, their vain trust in worldly means.
9-q.
He notes the nature of the idolaters, which are never satisfied in their superstitions.
9-r.
Thus the Prophet spoke, being inflamed with the zeal of God’s glory, and that he might fear them with God’s judgement.
11-s.
Meaning, assoon as God shall begin to execute his judgements.
14-t.
By high trees and mountains are meant them that are proud, and lofty, and think themselves most strong in this world.
16-u.
He condemns their vain confidence, which they had in strongholds, and in their rich merchandise, which brought in vain pleasures, wherewith men’s minds became effeminate.
19-*.
Hos. 10.8, Luk. 23.30, Rev. 6.16 and 9.6.
20-x.
They shall cast them into most vile and filthy places, when they perceive that they are not able to help them.
22-y.
Cast off your vain confidence of man, whose life is so frail, that if his nose be stopped, he is dead, and consider that you have to do with God.