...springs of water : I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the myrtle, and the oil tree ; and I will set in the desert the fir tree and the pine and the box tree together.'' Let any one now consult the account of the Jews' return from Babylon, as given by Ezra...

...of water.' Then will he ' plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the myrtle, and the oil tree, and set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together ; that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the...

...none that declareth; yea, /•.,,•'.. is none that hearelh your reui, ; words. the shiftah-tree, t upon your bed, and be still. Selah. deseit the fir-tree, and Ihepine, and the box-tree together; 20 That they may see, and know, and consider,...

...midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah...desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the...

...valleys, make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry ground springs of water." Then will he " plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree ; and set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together; that they may see, and...

...as an emblem of the moral beauty that should attend the spread of the gospel. Thus, Isa. xli. 19. 1 will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle:' Iv. 13. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fig-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the...

...midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah...desert the fir tree and the pine and the box tree together." Compared with Isaiah li. 3. "The Lord will comfort Sion — and he will make her wilderness...

...I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tr ee ; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together." But the text speaks of leprosy, as well as blindness ; and this too is a spiritual disease,...

...much of the inheritance of holy ground which our fathers bequeathed to us. Instead of our planting in the desert, " the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together," we have suffered weeds the most ruinous to infest and overrun the garden which our fathers...

...of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah...desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together ; 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of...