Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 58:14

14 Then shalt thou delight thy self in the LORD, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth , and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

This hath reference to the foregoing verse. If thou wilt delight thy self in the Sabbath, then thou shalt delight in the God of the Sabbath; or, thou shalt have cause to delight in the Lord, viz. in his goodness, and faithfulness to thee, and so shalt live by faith in him as the fountain of all good, as Psal. 37. 4. in the assurance of his love and favour, Psal. 33. 21. and that in great abundance, Psal. 36. 8. Such delights as no wicked man can have, Prov. 14. 10.

Thou shalt be above the reach of danger, ch. 33. 16. Or, it may have respect to their being brought out of Babylon, which lay very low in respect of Iudea, called the Earth, as it is elsewhere, Luke 23. 44. and high, both in respect of the scituation of it, as also its mountainousness: Or, the expression may import the subduing of their enemies, as it is, Deut. 33. 29. Riding is oft used for conquering, Psal. 45. 4. See the note there, Rev. 6. 2. The sense is, they shall come out of Babylon, not sneakingly as on foot, but triumphantly and gloriously riding, as God brought Israel out of Aegypt harnassed, in good order, and with an high hand; or, they shall ride to, and fro in their Chariots at their pleasure.

i. e. Thou shalt enjoy the good of the land of Canaan, which God had promised as an heritage to Iacob, and his seed, Gen. 35. 12. and feed on the fruits of it. Quest. Why doth he say of the heritage of Iacob, and not of Abraham, or Isaac. Answ. Because the whole Posterity of Iacob was within the Covenant, but Ishmael and Esau, one the seed of Isaac, the other the seed of Abraham, were both excluded.

This is to express the certainty, and indubitableness of it, being from the mouth of him who cannot lie: see of the same expression of assurance, ch. 1. 20. & 40. 5. And this Calvin refers both to what was spoken in the beginning of the chapter, that it was in vain for those hypocrites to contend with God; & also as the confirmation of his promise, if they would rightly observe those promises, the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it, he speaks of himself, as of a man by a Prosopopaeia: Or, it may relate to the Prophet, the Lord, whose mouth and instrument I am.

Marginal references: Deut. 32. [illegible: 1 word] ▪