...scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts ; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madest room for it; and when it had taken root, it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered...

...image of a vine, has often been quoted as a fine ex- £~ _ample of metaphorical language. " Thou has brought a ^ ^ vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it : thou madest room for it ; and when it had ^ taken root, it filled the land. The hills were covered with...

...brought from Egypt and planted in Canaan, which took deep root and filled the land, Psal. Ixxx. 10. " The " hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs "thereof were like the goodly cedars, 11. She sent out her " boughs from the sea, (the Mediterranean sea,) and her branches...

...glory is departed, has been written on most of our pulpits and church-doors ever .since. " Thou, O God, hast brought a Vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast...the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. " She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches unto the river. " Why hastthou...

...under the image of a vine ; and the figure is carried throughout with great exactness and beauty. " Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparcdst room before it ; and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills...

...figurative language, and no less delicately receding back to the plain and unornamented narrative : " Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; " Thou hast cast out the nations and planted it, • "Thou preparedst room before it." — After this follow some figurative...

...than one, which has been frequently quoted, namely, that beautiful allegory in the eightieth Psalm. "Thou hast " brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast...heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst '•'room for it, and didst cause it to take deep "root, and it filled the land. The hills were "covered with...

...care of this vineyard, and to set forth the desolations which were to come upon it 1 Psa. Ixxx. 8. " Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast...it filled the land. The hills were covered with the в\лааоч) oí \v. and the boughs thereof were like tbe goodly cedars. She sent out her bought...

...under the image of a vine, and the figure is supported throughout with great correctness and beauty ; ' Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt, thou hast cast...the shadow of it ; and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs into the sea, and her branclies into the river. Why hast...

...scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts : shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madest room for it : and when it had taken root it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered...