...condition of this country. "It is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven ; a good land ; a land of brooks of water, of fountains,...depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a lan'd of oil-olive and honey ;...

...fertility of the Land of Promise. It was denominated by Him who made it, the " glory of all lands;"* a good land; a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills — aland — which drinketh water of the rain of heaven." f " If (says he) my prejudices are not uncommonly...

...Kirjath Sepher and Edom, on the rock, the valley, the upper springs and the nether springs ; of the " land of brooks, of water, of fountains, and DEPTHS* ! that spring out of valleys and hills." (Deut. viii. 7•) ; of the figure, " The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me as the...

...Kirjath Sepher and Eclom, on the rock, the valley, the upper springs and the nether springs ; of the " land of brooks, of water, of fountains, and DEPTHS * ! that spring out of valleys and hills." (Deut. viii. 7.) ; of the figure, " The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me as the BREACH...

...Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a...fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land 3of oil olive,...

...illustrate the expressions, describing to the Israelites the land of Canaan before they entered it — "The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land,...water, of fountains and depths that spring out of vallies and hills." (Deut. viii. 7.) Similar, and equally exact in description, is the language of...

...fidelity with which Moses describes it to his people, as " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" " a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains...depths, that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil-olive ; a land wherein...

...delights ; but for the high recollections and glorious promises associated with it. It was indeed " a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills *." From Dan to Beersheba it flowed with milk and honey, and was varied with all that could delight...

...God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For ihc LORD thy God bringet h ihee into a good land, a 7 land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, nnd barley, and vines, 8 and fig-trees, and pomegranates; n. Innd of oil olive, ant! honey;...

...intersected by- numerous brooks and streams; whence it ia not more emphatically than beautifully described as a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills. And the same preference is given to this day by the Eelauts (a Tartar tribe occupying a district in...