Their tongues fail for thirst.
I, the Lord, will hear them;
I, the God of Israel, will not aforsake them.
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the bwilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water.
The myrtle and the oil tree;
I will set in the adesert the cypress tree and the pine
And the box tree together,
And consider and understand together,
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
The Futility of Idols
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Isaiah 41:19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar - The two preceding verses express God' s mercy to them in their passage through the dry deserts, in supplying them with abundant water, when distressed with thirst, in allusion to the exodus. This verse expresses the relief afforded to them, fainting with heat in their journey through that hot country, destitute of shelter, by causing shady trees, and those of the tallest and most beautiful kinds, to spring up for their defense. The apocryphal Baruch, speaking of the return from Babylon, expresses God' s protection of his people by the same image: "Even the woods and every sweet-smelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God." 5:8.
The oil tree - This, Kimchi says, is not to be understood of the olive tree, for the olive is distinguished, Nehemiah 8:15; but it means the pine or fir, from which pitch is extracted.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Isaiah 41:19:
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