Geneva Study Bible Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. Behold, {a} a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall {b} rule in judgment.
(a) This prophecy is of Hezekiah, who was a figure of Christ, and therefore it should chiefly be referred to him. (b) By judgment and justice is meant an upright government, both in policy and religion. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as streams of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in {c} a weary land.
(c) Where men are weary with travelling for lack of water. And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. And the eyes of {d} them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
(d) He promises to give the true light which is the pure doctrine of God's word, and understanding, and zeal of the same, are contrary to the threatenings against the wicked, Isa 6:9,29:10. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. The {e} vile person shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
(e) Vice will no more be called virtue, nor virtue esteemed by power and riches. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye {f} careless daughters; give ear to my speech.
(f) He prophecies of such calamity to come that they will not spare the women and children, and therefore wills them to take heed and provide. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, {g} ye careless women: {h} for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
(g) Meaning that the affliction would continue long and when one year was past, yet they should look for new plagues. (h) God will take from you the means and opportunities, which made you contemn him: that is, abundance of worldly goods. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. They shall lament for the {i} breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
(i) By the breasts he means the plentiful fields, by which men are nourished as children with the breast: or, the mothers for sorrow and heaviness will lack milk. Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. Until the {k} spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness shall be a fruitful field, and the {l} fruitful field shall be counted for a forest.
(k) That is, when the Church will be restored, thus the prophets after they have denounced God's judgments against the wicked, used to comfort the godly, lest they should faint. (l) The field which is now fruitful, will be but as a barren forest in comparison to what it will be then as in Isa 29:17 which will be fulfilled in Christ's time, for then they who were before as the barren wilderness, being regenerate will be fruitful and they who had some beginning of godliness, will bring forth fruit in such abundance, that their former life will seem but as a wilderness where no fruit was. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the {m} city shall be low in a low place.
(m) They will not need to build it in high places for fear of the enemy: for God will defend it, and turn away the storms from hurting their conveniences. Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. Blessed are ye {n} that sow beside all waters, that {o} send forth there the feet of the ox and the donkey. (n) That is, upon fat ground and well watered, which brings forth in abundance, or in places which before were covered with waters, and now made dry for your uses. (o) The fields will be so rank, that they will send out their cattle to eat up the first crop, which abundance will be signs of God's love and favour toward them. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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