John Calvin Commentary Isaiah 28:29

"This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom." — Isaiah 28:29 (ASV)

This also has proceeded from Jehovah of hosts. This passage is explained by some as if The Prophet had said that the science of agriculture proceeded from the Lord; but I consider it to be the application of what came before. Having pointed out the wisdom of God, even in the smallest matters, he instructs us, likewise, to raise our eyes to higher subjects, so that we may learn to behold with greater reverence His wonderful and hidden judgments.

A passing observation on Isaiah 28:26 may be made, and indeed ought to be made: not only agriculture but also all the arts that benefit humanity are the gifts of God, and all that belongs to skillful invention has been imparted by Him to human minds.

Men have no right to be proud on this account, or to arrogate to themselves the praise of invention, as we see the ancients did. Out of their ingratitude to God, they counted among the gods those whom they considered to be the authors of any ingenious invention.

From this arose deification and the vast number of gods that the pagans created in their own imagination. This also led to the veneration of figures like the great Ceres, Triptolemus, Mercury, and countless others, celebrated in human speech and writings.

The Prophet shows that such arts should be attributed to God, from whom they were received, as He alone is their inventor and teacher.

If we should hold this view about agriculture and mechanical arts, what shall we think of the learned and exalted sciences, such as Medicine, Jurisprudence, Astronomy, Geometry, Logic, and the like? Shall we not much more consider them to have come from God? Shall we not also in them behold and acknowledge His goodness, so that His praise and glory may be celebrated in both the smallest and the greatest affairs?