 | 1755 - 768 էջ
...reformation ; and in the languas*? of the prophet, with which I now beg to conclude, that " 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 arname and for an everlasting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 էջ
...head, and lift thy eyes ! 1MITATIONS. he grass, and reeds, and rushes.'— Chap. Iv. ver. 13. ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the hrier shall come up the myrtle-tree.' The lamhs with wolves, &c.] Virg. Eel. iv.ver. SI. Ipsae lacte... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 էջ
...habitation where dragons lay, shall be grass, and rceils, and riuhee. — Chap. Iv. ver. IS: ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the niyrUe-trec:' '• Ch. *11. ttr. 19. anACh. Iv. ver. 13. To leafless shrubs the flowering palms succeed,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 436 էջ
...things, Mark iv. 19- But God's elect are not briers and thorns, but fir-trees and myrtles. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree, [and these shall neither be cursed nor burnt,] and it shall be to the Lord for a name,... | |
 | 1825 - 618 էջ
...break forth before yon into singiig, 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 ho tii the Lord for a name, aad for an i-ver lasting sign that shall ng(... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 626 էջ
...positive decree that such a change shall take place as is men^ tioned in the following verse—" Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it •hall be to the Lord an everlasting sign that shall not... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 էջ
...plants according to their qualities with analogous states of the mind, in Isaiah Iv. 1 3, — ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree ; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree.' Also in Ezekiel xxviii. 2 — 4NS NO. 108. — VOL. IX. 2 M none for inaptitude for certain forms of... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 էջ
...lean, " Or fertile only in its own disgrace, " Exults to see the thistly curse removed." i " 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 which shall not be... | |
 | 1848 - 704 էջ
...ihe reign of Christ, on the state of the world and the dispositions of mankind, it is said, " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree." In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John, the HYSSOP i- mentioned. It grows on the mountains around... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 էջ
...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 brier shall come up the myrtle tree : nnd it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut... | |
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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... 
