...pleased to nourish and mak6 his people fruitful is most sweetly set forth in the following promise. " I will " be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow...be as the olive" tree, and his smell as Lebanon'." Dew is of a fructifying nature. The Lord being as dew unto Israel makes him grow up like a lily, and...

...; I will heal thy backslidings, I will love thee freely ; for mine anger is turned away from thee : I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as...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,...

...away!"i The luxuriant growth of the plant supplies that of the beautiful picture in the prophet : " They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they...the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon " (Hosea xiv. 7). Singular that, with recommendations such as these, the vine is so rarely employed...

...I will heal their backsli dings, I will love themfreely : for mine anger is turned away from him. 1 will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as...shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.. THIS prophecy was delivered in the " reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah," a period truly alarming...

...— / will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely : for mine anger is turned away from Mm.. I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as...branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that divell undo* VOL. 4. A a. his shadow shall return ;...

...6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they...the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols ! I have heard him, and observed him : I...

...salutary influence he becomes " as the dew unto Israel ;" and the conse* Hervey. quence is, Israel, " shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as...shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon." " For the Lord shall comfort Zion : he will comfort all her waste places ; and he will make her wilderness...

...mercy. 1 will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely : far mine anger is turned away from them. I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as...and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shai! spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell...

...colour, and so oily that they stick to the glass. The prophet Hosea alludes to them, chap. xiv. ver. 7. They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they...the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 31. Some there are, who believe that Adam lived Tradition! here, and the patriarch gave Le Bruyn to...

...point out the characterof the Christian's triumph are usually of an unobtrusive and peaceful nature. " I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as...spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree aud his smell as Lebanon." Such is the sacred felicity of the servant of God : " he is as a tree planted...