| 1899 - 522 sivua
...Simeon b. Nahmani, when he came to lecture, began his lecture with the passage [Is. Iv. 13] : " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle." " Instead of the thorn," ie, instead of Haman the wicked, who made... | |
| Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - 1900 - 458 sivua
...germs that lie waiting to succeed the old crops, when decay or the ax shall clear the land. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree." Cheap publications of every kind spread the moods of the period far and wide. Their range passes through... | |
| Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1900 - 968 sivua
...unforced, unaided by man's labour. branches ; we are led to see even the desert change, for instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead' of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that... | |
| William Campbell Scofield - 1901 - 428 sivua
...wrought in him — he is a new creature. And it is the abundant pardon that has made him so. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the firtree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree." The things that aforetime vexed and worried him, the things that were like thorns and briers in the experiences... | |
| Frédéric Bettex - 1901 - 334 sivua
...rose. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing." (Isa. xxxv, I, 2.) "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." (Isa. Iv, 13.) "I will open rivers in high places, and fountains... | |
| 1902 - 680 sivua
...forth before you into | singing ; And all the trees of the field shall clap their | hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the | fir-tree ; And instead of the brier shall come | up the | myrtle : 14 And it shall be to the LORD for a name ; For an everlasting sign that shall | not •... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 sivua
...of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.' — Chap. Iv. ver. 13. ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree.' 1 Isaiah, eh. xli. ver. 19, and ch. Iv. ver. 13. J Ch. xi. ver. 6, 7, & 8 Virg. Eel.... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 890 sivua
...thirsting, thirst no more, How in joyful proclamation, Tells he of the good in store ? Answer.—"Instead of the THORN shall come up the FIRTREE, and instead of the BRIER shall come up the MVRTLETREE, and it shall be to the Lord for a name."—[Isa. Iv: 13. Fourth.— What says he, when... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 896 sivua
...thirsting, thirst no more, How in joyful proclamation, Tells he of the good in store ? Answer. — "Instead of the THORN shall come up the FIRTREE, and instead of the BRIER shall come up the MYBTLETREE, and it shall be to the Lord for a name." — [Isa. Iv: 13. Fourth. — What says he, when... | |
| 1847 - 480 sivua
...wilderness (•Hall waters break forth, and streams in the desert." " Instead of the thorn, shall spring 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, and for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off."... | |
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