Isaiah 16

Isaiah 16:1

SEnd ye] the Moabites were subdued and made tributaries by David, 〈◊〉 Sam. 8. 2. and paid their tribute in Sheep and Lambs, 2 King: 3. 4. and the Kings of Israel had gotten it away from the Kings of Judah, after the separation of the ten Tribes. Whereupon Isaiah, under the termes of wishing them to returne to the King of Judah their ancient Lord, doth exhort them to doe homage, and convert themselves to the true God, who was knowne and served in Judea, and not among the ten Tribes To the Ruler] which your vassall King paid to the King of Israel, his Lord and Master, 2 King. 3. 4. Sela] a place scituate in the utmost confines of Moab, whereof there is no mention elsewhere.

Isaiah 16:2

It shall be] if ye persevere in your rebellion, you shall both be subdued, and driven out of your Count y Arnon] a River upon the frontiers of Moab, Numbers 21:13.

Isaiah 16:3

Execute judgement] the Italian, Make a decree] besides this duty towards God, doe thou use charity also, and humanity: decreeing by a publike Law, that my people may have secure refuge in thy Countrey, when they flie before the Assyrians, see Obadiah 1:14.

Isaiah 16:4

For the] that is to say, the time of my peoples visitation shall not last for ever, but I will setle them again in peace and prosperity. And therefore you Moabites, make your selves worthy of obtaining grace and favour at their hands, and doe not any way give them cause of offence.

Isaiah 16:5

In mercy] or in piety, that is to say, those vertues of King Hezekiahs shall establish his Kingdome, and make him mighty, wherefore thinke in time upon submitting yourselves unto him The Throne] namely, the Throne of the Kingdome of Iudah. He shall sit] namely, Hezekiah a most vertuous and happy King, and a figure of Christ, in whom all this is perfecty and spiritually fulfilled, Daniel 7:14; Daniel 7:17. Mic. 4 7.

Isaiah 16:6

The pride] through which he will refuse these my exhortations and good councels His lies] namely, his vaine counsels and false confidences, his dissimulations, and cunning devices.

Isaiah 16:7

For the Foundations] namely, for the ruine, and subversion of this City from the very Foundations.

Isaiah 16:8

Languish] that is to say, they lie waste and desert The Lords] namely, the great Potentates have with their Armies spoiled all the Country Even unto] the Italian, which reached unto;hereby is shewed the great extent of those Vineyards scattered up and downe all the convenient places of the Land of Moab, even till beyond the Sea, namely, the lake of Sodom, Ier. 48. 32. Iazer] a City in the confines of Moab.

Isaiah 16:9

For the shouting] they were certaine shouts and songs, whereby they encouraged one another, with mirth in the Fields while they were at worke.

Isaiah 16:12

Is weary] with praying, complaining, and sacrificing to his Idoll On the high place] namely, the Temple of Kemosh. And thereby may also be meant a City of Moab called Bamoth-Baal that is to say, the high places of Baal, Joshua 13:17. See Jeremiah 48:13.

Isaiah 16:13

Since that time] the Italian, in the ancient times] that is to say, which he had set downe in his everlasting counsell.

Isaiah 16:14

Within three yeeres] namely, at the end of these yeeres, the ruine of Moab shall begin by the Assyrians, and a long time after that, shall be accomplished by the Chaldeans. Wherefore the same things are also foretold by Jeremiah, ch. 4. many yeeres after Isaiah. As the yeeres] the Jewes do hold that the longest time for which one may hire a servant, is three yeeres; and the shortest for one yeere; which they gather from this place and from Deuteronomy 15:18. and from Isaiah 21:16.