 | Benjamin Elliott Nicholls - 1838 - 304 pàgines
...of others, or are introduced by way of illustration on the principle of resemblance. Thus, " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree " (Isa. Iv. 13); these terms, thorn, fir-tree, &c., are used as... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1838 - 366 pàgines
...the dark places of the earth, we hope to become instruments in fulfilling that prophecy, " 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... | |
 | Protestant association - 1853 - 406 pàgines
...in the habitations where dragons lay, shall be grass and reeds and rushes." (Chap. Iv. 13.) "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree." Verse 77. " The lambs with wolves," &c. Virg. ; Eel. iv. 21. Ipsae lacte domum, referent distenta capellse... | |
 | James Hay, Henry Belfrage - 1839 - 500 pàgines
...and peace, of righteous manners, and the gentleness of Christ, — the blessed age in which instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree, — the blessed age in which men shall not hurt nor destroy in all God's holy mountain, the earth being... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1839 - 432 pàgines
...break forth before them 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 corne up the myrtle-tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall... | |
 | William M'Combie - 1839 - 264 pàgines
...singing ; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon." " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree." It is natural to expect that when wickedness is diminished, the... | |
 | Robert Whytehead - 1839 - 286 pàgines
...fruitful field ; -so that the prophecy has been literally, as well as spiritually, fulfilled, " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree." (Isa. Iv. 13.) But if such have been the blessed effects of religious... | |
 | 1840 - 408 pàgines
...the one and the ornament of the other ; fulfilling the beautiful imagery of the prophet : " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree." If these be the fruits of the Temperance society, (and they unquestionably... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1840 - 426 pàgines
...is no longer venomous, and when " the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose," and " instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree ;" when " the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing,... | |
 | Joshua Spalding - 1841 - 270 pàgines
...kingdom, " break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field clap their hands " — if, " instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree ;" how much more shall the children of Zion give an everlasting sign, and lift up their heads and rejoice.... | |
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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. 
