...plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were...branches became long, because of the multitude of the waters when he * The majestic appearance of the cedar, of which the following description ia extracted...

...developments gave facility to all kinds of interior ideas, for their satisfactory confirmation and increase, and " under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young." All the superior affections of the heart found shelter in the truths which made it great, under the...

...and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were...because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts...

...and sent out her little rivers to all " the trees in the field. Therefore his height was " exalted above all the trees of the field, and his " boughs...because of the multitude of waters when he " shot forth. — Thus was he fair in his greatness, and " in the length of his branches ; for his root was by "...

...Lebanon, exclaims, " All the fowls of heaven made their nest in his boughs, and under his branches did the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations." But assuredly neither the apostle nor the prophet intended that the reader should understand in a strictly...

...the prophet Ezekiel suggested these images to Shakspeare. " All the fowls of heaven made their nest in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young." STEEVENS. Were liken'd oft to kingly sepulchres ; For who liv'd king, but I could dig his grave ? And...

...shadowing shroud, and of a high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs bis height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were...young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations." For now is " Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness ; and flocks lie down in the midst of...

...shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. — His height was exalted above all the trees of the field ; and his boughs...young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. " In the Eightieth Psalm the kingdom of Israel is most beautifully exhibited by the same metaphor....

...erez of Lebanon, or a person compared with it, is thus described. ' Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long. Under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young,' See. M. Michaelis observes,...

...limitation. So Ezek. xxxi. 6. " All the fowls of heaven made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations." Thus, when it is said, that Noah took all the animals into the...