Isaias — Chapter 2
These annotations are from the original 1609 Douay Old Testament, the first complete English Catholic Bible translation, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Douai. The archaic spelling is preserved.
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Verse 1
It is not only certaine, but also euident that the prophet speaketh here, and in innumerable other places, of the Church of Christ, which is upon a mountaine, Matt. 5, vnto which al nations are gathered, and al the time of the new Testament is called the last, Io. 1. Ian. 2. because no time shal folow after this, but al eternitie.
Verse 5
The Iewes were reiected after Christs death: before which they were stil conserued: though often seuerely punished. And so now the Church of Christ shal neuer be reiected.
Verse 6
It is most absurde, and contrarie to this and other Scriptures, that Protestants feyne of great idolatrie in the Church.
Verse 21
This was fulfilled first in the captivity of Babylon, and more notoriously after Christs passion, in the destruction of Jerusalem, and dispersion of the Iewes, euen to this day: and yet forward, til nere the end of this world.