 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 - Pagina 372de Joseph Hall - 1808Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1611 - 360 pagini
...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. THUS saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: For my salvation is near to come, And my righteousness... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 618 pagini
..."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." xlii. 4. " He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pagini
...come up the myrtle tree ; tAose who before were ivild and troublesome shall become good and use' ful : and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall, not be cut off ; all shall redound to the glory of God, and they shall be the eternal monuments of his grace. REFLECTIONS.... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 516 pagini
...trees of thejield shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and iimtead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off". THE change wrought annually on the face of nature from desolation and barrenness to beauty and fruitfulness,... | |
 | 1811 - 508 pagini
...beautify the place of my sanctuary. ( Isaiah, Ix. IS.,/ Instead of the thorn, shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."}; J am, Sir, &c, GOTHIC. PS I have met with another opinion concerning the origin of this ancient custom,... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 514 pagini
...beautify the place of wy sanctuary, ('Isaiah Ix. 13.) Instead of the thorn, •hall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut oii."} I am, Sir, &c. GOTHIC. PS I have met with another opinion concerning the origin of this ancient... | |
 | David Brainerd - 1811 - 368 pagini
...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 Iv. 13. I am sought of them that asked not for me : I am found of them that sought me not :... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 582 pagini
...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," Isa. Iv. 13. Divine life withia, and a verdant profession without, make the believer appear as a fir... | |
 | John Stewart - 1812 - 514 pagini
...the ancient prophecy—" Instead of the thorn shall grow up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar, the myrtle-tree, and it shall be to the Lord for a...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." Thus it has ever been the misfortune of human nature, to reject with contempt the remedy of its own... | |
 | 1816 - 430 pagini
...it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." " 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." New-York, November, 1815. Officers for the entuing year. • Divie Bcthune, President ; John D. Keese,... | |
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