 | Thomas Taylor - 1789 - 364 pages
...olive tree, and and his Jmt.ll as Lebanon.—They that d-^eU under his shadow * E2ck. xxxvi. 25—27. shadow shall return : they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine ; thefcent thereof shall he as the wine of Lebanon *. It is well known that dew is a great refrefhment... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...painted by the following similitudes: ' I will be as the dew unto Judea; he shall grow as the lily; his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell like Mount Libanus.' Menander himself, that just characterizer of human life, has not given us a more... | |
 | Maria De Fleury - 1804 - 302 pages
...will love thee freely ; for mine anger is turned away from thee : I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots...branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olire-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. I give unto my sheep eternal life, and they shall never perish,... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1804 - 320 pages
...fruitful is most sweetly set forth in the following promise. " I will " be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow " as the lily, and cast forth his roots...branches shall spread, " and his beauty shall be as the olive" tree, and his smell as Lebanon'." Dew is of a fructifying nature. The Lord being as dew unto... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 pages
...go no further in mat explanation. But now mark Hosea xiv. 5 — I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Joel i. 2 — Hear this, ye old men : chap. ii. 28 — I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh : Chap.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...turned away from him ; I 5 will not remember their former offences. I will be as the dew onto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon ; / will pour out my spirit in its gracious influ6 ences, and they shall tie strong and -vigorous,... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...will love them freely : for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanou. 7... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy. xiv. 5. I will be as the clew unto Israel, he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Ver. 7. They shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine. Ver. 8. I am like a green fir-tree, from... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...fatherless and distressed can and shall find redress and mercy. XIV. 5 / will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. I will be comfortable and refreshing unto Israel, even as the dew is to the mown grass : so as he shall... | |
 | John Skinner - 1809 - 582 pages
...the second verse. We have a promise to this effect, and with something of an eucharistic aspect— * They that dwell under his shadow shall return, * they shall revive as the corn (relative to the * bread), and blossom as the vine ; his (scent, we ' read it, zachrie, literally as... | |
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I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His 'branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall... 
