An exposition of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah by the endeavours of W. Day ...

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As for me] i. e. For as for my part.

Ʋnd••rstand 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 for here.

This is my covenant to them] i. e. This is that which I promise to doe for them, by the Covenant which I make with them.

To them] i. e. To those which turne from transgression in Jacob.

My spirit that is upon thee] i. e. Those words which thou hast uttered by vertue of that spirit which is upon thee, O Isaiah.

The Lord makes an Apostrophe here to Isaiah.

By the Spirit is here meant first the gift of Prophecy (for such gifts of God are by the Hebrewes called the spirit of the Lord, see Cap. 61.1.) Then by the gift of Prophesie

is meant the Prophecy, or Speeches, or Words of God, proceeding from, or ut∣tered by vertue of that gift of Prophecy, by a Metonymy.

And my words which I have put into thy mouth,] q. d. That is to say, The words (concerning that which I will do for them which turn from transgressions in Jacob) which I have sent thee to speak, and to make known.

This Conjunction And is a note of ex∣plication, and signifieth as much as That is to say: For note, that these words, My words which I have put into thy mouth, are an explication of those, My Spirit which is upon thee.

Shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed.] i. e. Shall never be forgotten, but shall so be fulfilled, as that thou and thy children, and thy chil∣drens children after thee, shall always speak of them, saying, The Lord hath said thus and thus by his Servant Isaiah, and he hath made good what he said; for whatsoever he said by him, he hath performed.

The meaning of this place is this; as if the Lord should say, This which I have said shall certainly come to pass; for what I have said I will covenant to perform.

The words which Isaiah spoke, are therefore said not to depart out of his mouth, nor out of the mouth of his children, or chil∣drens children; because he, and his chil∣dren, and childrens children, should al∣ways make mention of those words, and talk of them, and of the goodness of God in fulfilling them, and that with praise and thanksgiving, saying, The Lord said by the mouth of his servant Isaiah, that he would send a Redeemer to Sion, and to them that turn from transgression in Ja∣cob, &c. And what he said by the mouth of Isaiah, he hath performed, &c. Blessed there∣fore be the Name of the Lord for ever.

Yet note, that these words do not sig∣nifie, that the words which the Lord had put into the mouth of Isaiah should never actually depart out of his mouth, and out of the mouth of his seed; but that the Lord would do such things as should de∣serve the perpetual remembrance of those words; and that those words should never depart out of their mouths.