...name, at a time and at an age that must appear marvellous in all men's eyes. Therefore they may say, " Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break...comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted."—For now I have tried the Gentiles, and 1 find them as blind as the Jews : , and, as to...

...to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, .... and to comfort all that mourn," Isa. Ixi. 1,2. " Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains ; for the Lord haih comforted his people," Isa. xlix. 13. § .Lightfoot, in supxa. It were easy to prove, that these...

...Hear this ! listen to God Himself describing His own love and tenderness toward men, His creatures ! " But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord...forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will not I forget...

...promise, and the carnal Israelites. How grieved often was the former at thoughts of the Divine desertion. Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me: and my Lord hath forgotten me, Isa. xlix. 14. True believers were the mourners in Zion, chap. Ixi 8. Those of her who were sorrowful...

...come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break...his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her...

...forgets not thee? Unkind ingratitude! When he speaks of his own kindness, hear what he says, Zionsaid, the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, she may forget, yet will I not forget...

...— 285, &c. B. ii. v. 285, 485, and other passages without number. S. II. " But Sion saith : JEHOTAH hath forsaken me ; « And my Lord hath forgotten me. " Can a woman forget her sucking infant ; « That she should have no tenderness for the son of her womb ? " Even these may forget ;...

...they listen to them without being ready to cry out with the Prophet, " Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O mountains ; for the LoRD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon the afflicted ?"* But the words in the text point not only at the way in which this report should be...

...heat of the day, but have accompanied the people of God in general, while in this vale of tears ; for Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me ; Isaiah xlix. 14. The above and many more instances of the like kind, are left on sacred record not...

...tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn." And again, Isa. 49 : 14, 15, 16. " But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord...forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget...