isaiah 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

isaiah 55:13 "Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up; And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up; And it will be a memorial to the LORD, For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off."

13. thorn--emblem of the wicked (2Sa 23:6; Mic 7:4).
fir tree--the godly (Isa 60:13; Ps 92:12). Compare as to the change wrought, Ro 6:19.
brier--emblem of uncultivation (Isa 5:6).
myrtle--Hebrew, Hedes, from which comes Hedassah, the original name of Esther. Type of the Christian Church; for it is a lowly, though beautiful, fragrant, and evergreen shrub (Ps 92:13, 14).
for a name . . . everlasting sign--a perpetual memorial to the glory of Jehovah (Jer 13:11; 33:9).

isaiah 55:13 "Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up; And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up; And it will be a memorial to the LORD, For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off."

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