...; for Isaiah says, " Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no H man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations*." Now, if the religion of the Jews had not had truth for its foundation, why should it have lasted so...

...years." Isa. Ix. 15. " Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations." — This may suffice as to the prosperous state of the church through the greater part of the period...

...serve thee shall perish ; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted... The sons also of those that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and...City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated ; so that no man went through thee, I will make tbee an eternal...

...not serve thee shall perish ; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. The sons also of them that afflicted thee, shall come bending unto thee ; and...city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas, thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee." — The utter impossibility...

...passage is perhaps the most specific; I shall therefore cite it : The sons also of them that ajflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that...city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. That this chapter of Isaiah belongs exclusively from first to last to the * According to Arethas, the...

...thereto. As in Isaiah Ix. where he thus prophecies of the Christian church : ' The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee, and all...and they shall call thee The city of the Lord, The Sion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through...

...thereto. As in Isaiah Ix. where he thus prophecies of the Christian church : ' The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee, and all...and they shall call thee The city of the Lord, The Sion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas tliou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through...

...Isaiah Ix. where he thus prois", ix. 14. phesies of the Christian church : The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee, and all...and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Sion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through...

...of my glory." Also ver. 9. Also ver. 13 : "I will make the place of my feet glorious." Ver. 14 : " They shall call thee The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel." Ver. 15 : "I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations." Ver. 19 : " The Lord...

...all they that despised her " shall bow themselves at the soles of her feet ; and they shall call her the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel ; " (Isa. Ix. 21, 22 ;) when her people also shall be all righteous, even the work of God's hands,...