That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:
Ver. 9. That this is a rebellious people.] Isaiae concepta verba praeit Deus; God dictateth to the prophet Isaiah what very words he shall set down. So he did to Moses, to Jeremiah, Jer 36:4 to Habakkuk, Hab 2:2 to John the divine. Rev 14:13 The whole Scripture was inspired by God; not for matter only, but for words also; 2Ti 3:16 and is therefore more than a bare commonitory or warning, as Bellarmine calls it, a kind of storehouse for advice in matters of religion. We account them the surest rule of life, a the divine beam, and most exact balance. b But the Papists see well enough that while the authority of the Scriptures standeth, the traditions of their Popes cannot be established, which they account the touchstone of doctrine and foundation of faith. And in favour of their unwritten verities, as they call them, they tell us, but falsely, that Christ commanded his apostles to preach, but not to write.
Lying children.] And therefore not God's children. Isa 63:8
a Divina statera. - Aug.
b Exactissima trutina - Chrysost.