Isaiah 32

Isaiah 32:1

A King] Hezekiah, a type of Christ; or, Christ himself; in whom all this is principally fulfilled: being foretold, as some, before Hezekiahs reign; or, as others, under it. See on Vers. 10.

princes shall rule in judgement] Heb. as for princes, they (as Cha. 59. 21. See Ecclesiastes 9:4.) shall execute just and upright judgement. Psalms 97:2.

Isaiah 32:2

a man] Or, that man; as Acts 17:31. 1 Timothy 2:5.

as an hiding-place] A succour, shelter and relief against all grievances. Psalms 32:7. & Psalms 119:114.

a covert] Chap. 4. 5, 6.

as rivers of water] So Christ, John 4. 10. 14. & 7. 37-39.

in a drie place] Heb. drinesse. Chap. 25. 5.

shadow] Chap. 25. 4, 5.

a great rock] Heb. heavy (Chap. 36. 2.) rock.

a weary land] Where men are weary of travelling for heat and drought. John 4:6. Matthew 11:28.

Isaiah 32:3

the eyes of them that see] Spirituall sight shall be recovered, by the pure and clear preaching of the Word; Chap. 29, 18. & 35. 5. 2 Corinthians 4:6. contrary to the judgement threatned; Chap. 6. 9. & 29. 10. and that complaint made, Chap. 42. 19, 20.

not be dimme] Or, look another way. Chap. 17. 7, 8.

Isaiah 32:4

rash] Heb. hasty. Chap. 35. 4.

the tongue &c.] Chap. 35. 6.

to speak plainly] Or, elegantly, neatly, clearly; a metaphor taken from the clearnesse of the air. Chap. 18. 4.

Isaiah 32:5

The vile person] Or, fool. 1 Samuel 25:25.

shall be no more called liberall] Or, a prince. Malachi 1:8. Vice shall no more be called vertue; as Chap. 5. 20. nor vertue reckoned by power and riches; Psalms 49:18. Proverbs 28:11. or, vile persons shall not be preferred and advanced. Psalms 12:8. Proverbs 28:12. 28. & 29. 2.

said to be bountifull] Or, called magnificent. Job 34:1.

Isaiah 32:6

For the vile person will speak villany] Or, But he shall be called vile, or, fool, that uttereth villany, or, folly. Chap. 9. 17. Men shall be accounted and called such as their words and dealings declare them to be. John 8. 39; 44 1 John 3. 7, 10.

his heart will work iniqutty] Or, whose heart worketh iniquity.

to practise hypocrisie] Or, use prophanenesse. Chap. 9. 17. & 33. 14.

utter crrour] by giving unjust sentence in judgement 2. Chro. 19. 6, 7. Proverbs 17:15.

and he will cause] Or, by causing; or, in that he causeth.

the drink of the thirsty to fail] By depriving them of their means of maintenance. Chap. 33. 16.

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evill] Or, He also shall be called a churl, whose instruments are evill: Or, The instruments of the churl shall be called evill. Such an one will use all evill means o enrich himself: Mic. 6. 10-12. or, he shall be so esteemed, that useth such courses; or, The means he useth, and courses he taketh, shall be deemed and termed such as they are; men shall not flatter and sooth such up in their wicked wayes, as the wonted guise of the world is. Psalms 10:3. & Psalms 49:18.

he deviseth] Or, that deviseth.

lying words] Heb. words of falshood. Jeremiah 23:32.

when the needy speaketh right] Or, when he speaketh against the poor in judgement.

Isaiah 32:8

the liberall deviseth liberall things] Or, he shall be called liberall, that deviseth liberall things; that useth and taketh liberall counsels and courses.

and by liberall things shall he stand] Or, be established. Proverbs 1. 7. or, and standeth for liberall things. Daniel 11:31.

Isaiah 32:9

Rise up ye women that are at ease] He calleth on them yet to consider of the calamities, that were either to come before this blessed time, or to ensue after it, and on the women among the rest; partly, because no sex, or age, should be spared in them, but all fare alike: 2 Chron. 36. 17. partly because they were as faulty as others; Chap. 3. 16. and more secure, it may be, than others, as being more addicted to their ease. Deut. 28. 30, 32, 41, 50, 56. Though some understand it, as spoken to the cities; that is, to the inhabitants of them in generall; as Jerem. 22. 20, 23.

Isaiah 32:10

Many dayes and years shall ye be troubled] Heb. dayes above a year; or, dayes (that is, a year, as Exodus 13:10. Numbers 9:22.) upon a year. These afflictions will continue long; and when one year is over, new ones must be looked for the next year: or, for many years together shall they continue, to wit, in the Chaldean captivity: Jeremiah 25:11. or within the space of two years, shall these troubles begin to befall you; to wit, by the Assyrian. See the like phrase, 2 Chron. 21. 15, 19. for then were they put to great straits: Chap. 36. 1. & 37. 3. and shortly after was warning given of the Chaldean captivitie to ensue. Chap. 39. 6, 7.

for the vintage shall fail] God will take from you those means, which now ye abuse, and which make your forget him. Hosea 2:8-9.

Isaiah 32:11

strip ye, &c.] Of your ordinary raiment, and put on a mourning weed. See Chap. 3. 24. & 20. 2, 3.

Isaiah 32:12

They shall lament] Or, men shall lament; or, Lamentation shall be.

the teats] For the fat and fertile fields and vineyards, which, as teats yeelding milk, nourished and fed you. Ezekiel 20:6. Or, for want of milk, to nurse you poor infants with. Lament. 2. 11. & 4. 3, 4.

the pleasant fields] Heb. fields of desire; as Chap. 2. 16. Jeremiah 3:15.

Isaiah 32:13

thorns and briers] Chap. 7. 23, 24. & 34. 13. Hosea 9:6.

yea upon] Or, burning upon. Chap. 3. 24.

the houses of joy] The waste places, where those houses had before stood, but were now burnt or ruined by the enemie. 2 Kings 25:9. called houses of joy, because they were wont to make merry in them. Amos 3:15.

joyous citie] Or, revelling citie. Zephaniah 2:15. Jerusalem. Chap. 22. 2.

Isaiah 32:14

the palaces shall be forsaken, &c.] Heb. palace. the Kings house. 2 Kings 25:9. and the cliffs and the watchtowers. Chap. 23. 13. Jerem. 6. 27. or, the cliff and the watchtower: of which see 2 Chron. 27. 3. Nehem. 3. 26.

a joy of wilde asses] Who shall sport themselves running to and ro, and feeding freely there, where men used to make merry before. Vers. 13.

Isaiah 32:15

Untill the spirit be powred upon us] When the Church shall be restored. Chap. 44. 3. Joel 2. 28. the promises whereof are added for the comfort of the faithfull.

from on high] From Christ now in heaven. Acts 2:33. Ephes. 4. 8, 11.

the wildernesse be a fruitfull field] Heb. Carmel. Jeremiah 2:7. That which is now deemed a fruitfull pasture, shall then seem but a wilde forest, in regard of what it shall be; they that were wholly barren of grace and goodnesse, shall abound in it; and they that had some beginnings of it, shall so abound, that their former estate shall se to have been meer barrennesse, in comparison of their present condition. See Chap. 29. 17. & 30. 26. & 35. 1.

Isaiah 32:16

judgement shall dwell in the wildernesse] All places, the whole Church throughout, shall be possessed of grace and goodnesse, and upright dealing. Chap. 33. 5. & 60. 21.

Isaiah 32:17

the work of righteousnesse shall be peace] The fruit whereof shall be peace, that is, prosperitie, joy and tranquillitie. Psalms 119:165. Chap. 26. 2, 3. Romans 14:17. James 3:18.

Isaiah 32:19

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest] Or, But he shall hail when he cometh down on the forest. Gods judgements shall be bet against, and poured forth upon the waste of the world, without the pale of the Church, and shall ruinate their cities. Joshua 10:11. Psalm. 11. 6. Chap. 10. 33, 34. & 28. 2. 17. & 30. 30.

and the citie shall be low in a low place] Or, and the citie shall be utterly abased. Chap. 26. 5. Heb. with abasing shall be abased; as Chap. 22. 18. or, stand below on a plain; as Jerem. 17. 26. & 32. 44.

that sow beside all waters] On grounds well watered, that may yeeld much increase. Chap. 19. 7. & 23. 3. & 35. 6, 7. Ecclesiastes 11:1. The blessing of Christs ministerie under the Gospell. Matth. 13. 8, 23. Luke 8., 815.

the feet of the ox and the asse] To till and ear the ground. Chap. 30. 24. A type of the spirituall husbandrie accompanied with Gods blessing 1 Corinthians 3:6-9. in which Gods Ministers are as these labouing cattell. 1 Corinthians 9:9-10.