 | Benjamin Elliott Nicholls - 1838 - 304 sivua
...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 images, substituted in the room of... | |
 | Richard Newton Adams - 1838 - 270 sivua
...break forth before you into fiinging, 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 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... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1838 - 366 sivua
...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 that shall not be cut off." (Isaiah... | |
 | 1840 - 420 sivua
...upon him My new name." So fulfilling the promise, under another metaphor, where God says, " Instead of the thorn shall come up the firtree, 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... | |
 | William M'Combie - 1839 - 264 sivua
...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 punitive inflictions of God will be... | |
 | Robert Whytehead - 1839 - 286 sivua
...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 instruction abroad, surely it... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1839 - 432 sivua
...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... | |
 | Protestant association - 1853 - 406 sivua
...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.... | |
 | James Hay, Henry Belfrage - 1839 - 500 sivua
...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... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1840 - 426 sivua
...the dominion of man, and are harmless. When the serpent is no longer venomous, and when " the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose," and " instead...instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree ;" when " the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field... | |
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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. 
