 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.  Paraphrases on hard texts - Page 372by Joseph Hall - 1808Full view - About this book
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. ISAIAH LVI. VER. 1 — 9. 1 Tile prophet ixhorlelh to lanctffication. 3 He promiseth it thall be general,... | |
 | William Newnham - Education - 1827 - 702 pages
...shall be softened, and that " instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree; and it shall be to...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." In all this process, the child knowing his personal relation to the great Being to whom his petitions... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...of the thorn shall come up the fir tree ; and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree ; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." This glorious change from sin to holiness, which is figuratively expressed by the thorn and briar ;... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Bible - 1827 - 184 pages
...of the thorn,1 has ' come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar' has ' come up the myrtle tree, and it shall be to the Lord for a name — for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.' p. 141. I have now given a few extracts from Mr. Gurney's book. They need no comment. Indeed, nothing... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...all the trees of the held shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, yourselves before the LORD by your tribe's, and by your thousands. 20 And when Samuel had caused all The Jews reproved for idolatry. CHAP. LVI. THUS saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice :... | |
 | William Orme - Holy Spirit - 1828 - 292 pages
...all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree:...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."* 3. I observe in the third place, that the certainty of this influence seems fully ascertained by the... | |
 | Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle:' Iv. 13. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fig-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle'tree;...name, for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut oil'." These quotations foretell the production of a moral paradise by the creative power of Jehovah,... | |
 | John Angell James - Love - 1828 - 444 pages
..."Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree ; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." But for effecting such a.transfonnation, there must be a degree of labour and painstaking, which very... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart), Henry Clissold - 1828 - 196 pages
...Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to. the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Is. Iv. 6—13. 88 No. XCII. Another prophetic Intimation that it will be to the Good only that the... | |
 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 592 pages
...it accomplish still, if the promise be fulfilled, " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off." But let us make this inquiry our own. It is every way worthy of our adoption. It is personal in its... | |
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