Isaiah 49

Esay having prophesied much of the Returne of the Jewes from the Babylonish captivity; from the fourtieth Chapter hitherto: doth now mainly insist upon the instauration of the Church by Christ; And plaies the Evangelist, as it were, to the end of this Book and Prophecie.

Isaiah 49:1

Listen, O Isles,] Christ calls for audience; declaring his Calling to his Office, by the Lord, to be the Saviour both of Jew and Gentile.

from the womb] Yet designed thereto from eternity, 1 Pet. I. 20.

Isaiah 49:2

my mouth like a sharp sword] God furnisheth him with abilities to this great office and work of mans Redemption.

Isaiah 49:3

Thou art my servant, O Israel, &c.] Or rather thus; Israel it is, in whom I will be glorified by thee, the true Israel of God. And indeed to the Jewes in general he was first sent, as the minister of Circumcision.

Isaiah 49:7

whom man despiseth] Christ in the dayes of his flesh and humiliation.

Kings shall] Chap. XLV. 23. and LII. 15. Psal. LXXII. 10, 11. Ephes. I. 21 Phil. II. 10.

Isaiah 49:8

In an acceptable time] God the Father speaking unto Christ. #to establish the earth] Of Judea, to restore and settle the State of it againe, after their returne from the Captivity: A Type of the other.

Isaiah 49:9

prisoners, Go forth] From Babels bonds, corporaly: from Satans bonds spiritualy.

They shall feed in the wayes] In their returne from Babylon to Judea, God will provide them of all necessaries in the way; and make it even and easie to them.

Isaiah 49:12

Sinim] Or, Sini, the Sinites, that lived in the desert of Sin, or about mount Sinai. Or, from Sin, a chief Citie in Egypt, Ezek. XXX. 15, 16. And all this a Type of those that out of all quarters of the world should be converted unto Christ, and come in to him.

Isaiah 49:14

But Zion said] Her objection.

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman] Gods answer, full of a tender affection to her.

Isaiah 49:18

gather themselves together] A Type of those numberlesse numbers that should be brought home to the Church of God, under Christ, by the Ministery of the Gospel.

Isaiah 49:22

to the Gentiles] Their Conversion should make up this numberlesse number.

Isaiah 49:23

And Kings shall be thy nursing fathers] As Persian Emperours first; and much more Christian Emperours afterwards.

and lick up] An expression of the lowest submission that may be.

Isaiah 49:25

even the captives of the mighty] Notwithstanding their pretended might and right; God would yet deliver his people from them.

Isaiah 49:26

And I will feed them] And thus destroy their enemies.