...I will lay it waste: It shall not be pruned, nor digged; But there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain...of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; For righteousness, but behold a cry. Woe unto them...

...wafte : it fhall not be pruned, nor digged, but there ihall come up briers and thorns: I will alfo command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hofts is the houfe of Ifrael, and the men of Judah his pleafant plant. Ifaiah, v. i . The rules that...

...5 ' ftall fhall not be pruned, nor digged, but there fhall come up briers and thorns : I will alfo command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hofts is the houfe of Iliad, and the men of Judah his pleafant plant. Ifaiah, v. I. The rules that...

...it wajie: It Jhall not be pruned nor digged, but there Jhall come up briers' and thorns: I will alfo command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. — For the vineyard of the Lord of hojts is the houfe of Ifraelt and the men of Judah his pleafant plant : and he looked for judgment,...

...wafte : it fhall not be pruned, nor digged, but there fhall come up briers and thorns : I will alfo command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of .hofts is the houfe of Ifrael, and the men of Judah his pleafant plant. Ifaiab, v. I. The rules that...

...nor digged, but there fhall come up briers and thorns : 1 will alfo command the clou<!s, that tlity rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hefts is the houfe of Ifrael, and the men of Judah his plealant plant : and he looked for judgement,...

...Parables and allegories must be taken up only in their outlines: to be minute is to be ridiculous. ' The vineyard of the Lord of ' Hosts is the house of Israel,' and this may be considered in different points of view. It may be compared to Solomon's vineyard in Baalhamon,...

...eaten up, and break doien the wall thereof t and it shall be trodden down, and I will lay it waste, I will also command the clouds, that they rain no rain upon it, ver. v, 6. But the text ought to fill you with joy and consolation, if you be of those, who have overcome...

...and spiritual privileges. 7 Then comes the explanation of Ike parable : For the vineyard of the LOKD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant ; a country in which he took delight, and did more for its inhabitants than for any other people :...

...will lay it waste : it shall not be pruned, nor digged ; but there shall come up briars and thorns : I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it : they shall lose all their outward blessings and spiritual privileges, 7 Then comes the explanation...