...thee upon the palms of mine hands : thy walls are continually before me, &c. — Isa. xlix. 14—16. The Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places. — Isa. li. 3. Ps. Ixix. 35, 36. Isa. liv. Zion, thy God rcigneth. Isa. lii. 7. I will bring them...

...present we can understand only in a figurative • and spiritual sense j " Jehovah will comfort Zion; I he will comfort all her waste places; and he will...desert ^ like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness I shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody." * Isaiah, li. 3. CHAPTER V. Racapitulation...

...is this 1 But is this to continue so for .ever! According to the prophet Isaiah 51, 3, it is not: & For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort " all her waste places ; and he will make her nil" derness like Eden, and her desert like the garden " of the Lord ; joy and gladness shall be found...

...of this deep principle, be banished from the earth — the wilderness become an Eden — the ^ f X' desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein; and the voice of melody and thanksgiving. The mountain of the Lord's house shall be established above...

...him. 3 Tbus therefore shall JEHOVAH console Sion; He shall console all her desolations : And he shall make her wilderness like Eden ; And her desert like the garden of JEHOVAH: Joy and gladness shall he found in her ; Thanksgiving, and the voice of.melody. 4 Attend unto...

...father, and unto Sarah that bare you : for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion : he will comfort...found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 4 ^f Hearken unto me, my people ; and give ear unto me, O my nation : for a law shall proceed from...

...become a growing principle over our minds, conduct, and actions; for it will crucify every passion. For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all...found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. And that you may individually experience a foretaste of this, here below, and enjoy its full consummation...

...increased him. b 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion; he wilt comfort all her waste places ; and lie will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert...and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, aud the voice of melody. d 4 1Í Hearken unto me, my people ; and give car unto me, "O my nation :...

...expression and the application of it, in this place, were evidently taken from a passage in Isaiah, li. 3. " The Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her...and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desart like the garden of the Lord." DUNSTER. I may add that the precise expression here used by Milton,...

...sea. Here it is, that we must experience this wilderness of desolation to become an Eden, and this desert " like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness...' therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody/' And it was this view of the subject that the prophet had, when he saw that coincidence and accordance...