...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." What is this but a prophecy, that it is by the instrumentality of divine truth that our world is to...

...for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree."* * From " Our Sympathizing High Priest." By ALOE Just published by the Religious Tract Society. TED...

...of the thorn, would come up the fir-tree ; and instead of the brier, the myrtletree : and it would be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that should not be cut off. 2. The gotpel, to far as it hat been cordially received, has actually produced...

...lamb." IMITATIONS. dragons lay, shall be grass, and reeds and rushes." — Ch. Iv. ver. 13. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree." P. Ver. 77. The lambs with wolves, #c.] Virg. Eel. iv. ver. 21....

...lamb." IMITATIONS. dragons lay, shall be grass, and reeds and rushes." — Ch. Iv. ver. 13. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come vp the myrtle tree." P. Ver. 77. The lambs with wohes, ifc.~] Virg. Eel. iv. ver....

...break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap //ic/)- hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead...a name, for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cutoff, Iv. 12, 1 3. Through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the day-spring from on high baxh...

...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, that shall not be cut off."r These quotations both refer to the effect of the gospel, or the reign of Christ on the state...

...habitation where dragons lay, shall be grass, and reeds, and rushes/ Chap. Iv. ver. i3 : ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree.' " Ch. xli. ver. I9; and ch. Iv. ver. I1. To leafless shrubs the flowering palms succeed, And odorous...

...a manifest allusion to the curse upon the ground, inflicted for the first transgression. " 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 cut...

...this higher ad more excellent dispensation is more plainly revealed in the following figure ; instead of the thorn shall come up the firtree, and instead of the brier shall come the myrtle-tree; ie the new religion shall as far excel the old, as the firtree does the thorn, or...