 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.  Native Life in Travancore - Page 365by Samuel Mateer - 1883 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...The transition from the one to the other verifies and explains the words of the prophet : " Instead of the thorn, shall come up the fir tree ; and instead of the brier, shall come up the myrtle tree." Hence says God — " As ye were a curse" — " Ye shall be a blessing." For the change affects them... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - Antislavery movements - 1832 - 96 pages
...field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up thejir 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.-' t " The groans of nature in this nether world,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 604 pages
...thorn shall grow up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall grow up the myrtle-tree : and you shall be to the Lord for a name, and for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut offr."] r Gal. v. 22, 23. 1 Ps. cxlix. 4. ' Isai. Iv. 13. MMCCCLXIX. THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION. Jam.... | |
 | William Carpenter - Nature in the Bible - 1833 - 420 pages
...appearance ; the beauty of their form, and the fragrance of their odor.' Again : ' Instead of the thorn 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. These quotation?, continues the... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...other verifies and explains the words of the prophet : " Instead of the thorn, shall come up the fii tree ; and instead of the brier, shall come up the myrtle tree." Hence says God — " As ye were a curse" — " Ye shall be a blessing." For the change affects them... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Clergy - 1834 - 554 pages
...led forth with peace ; that instead of the thorn may come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier the myrtle tree ; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." " Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1834 - 536 pages
...and it shall prosper in the thing whereunto I. sent it." The glory of God is also secured: " 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... | |
 | Edward Greswell - Bible - 1834 - 512 pages
...gladness shall " be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of " melody." Isaiah Iv. 13 : " Instead of the thorn shall come " up the fir tree, and instead...myrtle tree : and it shall be to the LORD " for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not " be cut off P." Isaiah xi. 6 — 8 : " The wolf also shall... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 pages
...break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn, shall come up the fir tree ; and instead of the briar, shall come up the myrtle tree." Here we have another specimen of the fervid and splendid imagery... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - Bible - 1835 - 652 pages
...break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn, shall come up the fir tree ; and instead of the briar, shall come up the myrtle tree." Here we have another specimen of the fervid and splendid imagery... | |
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