| David Collyer - 1815 - 420 pages
...blessed. He was signified also by this character in the prophets, l In that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek. And, " The mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall... | |
| Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 664 pages
...inscription*, as history describes, such an one is ever to be seen by the eye of faith. There shall be a Root of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the people : to it shall the Gentiles seek; and His rest shall be glorious. I can vouch, that, to fight under this consecrated banner, is to be more... | |
| Joseph Benson - Christian literature, American - 1817 - 630 pages
...the Desire of nations, the Saviour of sinners, and the Hope set before us." " There shall be a Root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious," (Isa. xi. 10.) or as the Apostle expresses it, following the Septuagint.... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...metaphor laken from archers. Or perhaps Simeon refers to Isai. xi. It) — 12. There shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ENSIGN of the people ; to it shall the Gentile» seek : — intimating that tht Jews would reject it, while the Gentiles should flock to it... | |
| Jacob Catlin - Bible - 1818 - 334 pages
...these glorious eventsi Speaking of the gospel period", he says, " In that day, there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass, in that <!ay, that the Lord shall set his hand... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood, Mrs. Sherwood (Mary Martha) - Christian education - 1818 - 248 pages
...pleased, when they discovered the cross; and the Christian messenger said, " My son, behold the root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people: to it shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious. And the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 606 pages
...should " the gathering of the nations bef." Isaiah is very express, and saith, " There shall be a " root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of " the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest " shall .be glorious8." — " It is a light thing that thou " shouldest be my servant, to... | |
| George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1818 - 490 pages
...knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Afid in that day, there shall be a root oj J<sse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.1 It is superfluous to assert, that no such change in the nature of real... | |
| Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...reinsd. And the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord'. In that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious'. He will destroy the face of the covering cast over all people, and the... | |
| Robert Balfour - Sermons, English - 1819 - 228 pages
...of the knowledge of the Lord as " the waters cover the sea. And in that day f there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand " for an ensign of the people: to it shall the " Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious." With such a mind, manner, and influence, must not his religion spread... | |
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