...''.'in rebellest against me ? Now, behold, thou trustest upon ' ie staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh ting of Egypt unto all that „ The audacitv of ^ ^^1, i, trust on him. "But if ye say unparalleled....

...rests his faith in any degree upon tradition, is " trusting in the staff• of a broken reed, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it."a • Isa. xxxvi. 6. APPENDIX, NO. II. 395 APPENDIX, No. II. " Among the remedies proposed against...

...symbolize the Egyptian nation. " Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his...Egypt unto all that trust on him," 2 Kings xviii. 21. See also, Ezek. xxix. 6, 7. The Cucumber.- — This well-known fruit is mentioned in Scripture, Numb....

...WELLBKLOVED.* Is. xxxvi. 6 : " Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him." " The same image is used concerning Egypt in Ezek. xxix. 6, 7. This comparison...

...refuge is false and deceitful, and our trusting in it is like " trusting in the staff of a broken reed, on which, if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it." Now, that in God is indeed our only help, is obvious from the single circumstance of his having interposed...

...thou rebellest against me ? 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt ; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God : is it not he, whose...

...a Jews' language, and spake, sayman lean, it will go into his hand, ing, Hear the word of the great and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God : is not that he, whose high places and whose...

...reed is the emblem of royalty? M Lo, thou trustest on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it : such is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust on him." The reed was also the emblem of Upper...

...rebellest against me? 21 Now, behold, thou * trustest upon the staff of this bruised b reed, even upon X ! !`# ! 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high c places and whose...

...the marriage of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter, the Jews proved it to be a " broken reed, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it : so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him." Here the prophet Jeremiah spent the latter days of his life, and here he...