John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:7
Their land also is full of silver and gold ,.... Procured by pardons, indulgences, masses, praying souls out of purgatory, tithes, annates, Peter's pence, &c.; neither is there any end of their treasures ; laid up in the pope's coffers, in their churches, monasteries, and convents: their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots ; for the cardinals, archbishops, bishops, &c.; to ride on and in. Horses and chariots are mentioned among the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-9
The calling in of the Gentiles was accompanied with the rejection of the Jews; it was their fall, and the diminishing of them, that was the riches of the Gentiles; and the casting off of them was the reconciling of the world (Rom. 11:12-15); and it should seem that these verses have reference to that, and are designed to justify God therein, and yet it is probable that they are primarily intended for the convincing and awakening of the men of that generation in which the prophet lived, it... read more