For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Ver. 15. The Holy One of Israel.] A style much in the mouths of God's prophets in those times. But what great arrogance is it in the Pope to take unto him the title of his Holiness!
In returning and rest shall ye be saved.] This is the same in effect with that before. Isa 30:7 Preachers must be instant, stand to their work, and not be baffled out of their unpleasing messages. The Septuagint here have it, Si conversus ingemueris, tunc salvaberis.