- Lebanon:
- "Until¹ the spiritª be pouredª° upon¹ us from on high,ª¹ and the wildernessª be¹ a fruitful field,ª and the fruitful fieldª be countedª° for a forest.ª" {Isa 32:15} + "The wildernessª and the solitary placeª shall be gladª° for them; and the desertª shall rejoice,ª° and blossomª° as the rose.ª ... It shall blossom²° abundantly,ª° and rejoiceª° even¹ with joyª and singing:²°¹ the gloryª of Lebanonª shall be givenª° unto it, the excellencyª of Carmelª and Sharon,ª they¹ shall seeª° the gloryª of the LORD,ª [and] the excellencyª of our God.ª" {Isa 35:1-2} + "I will plantª° in the wildernessª the cedar,ª the shittah tree,ª and the myrtle,ª and the oilª tree;ª I will setª° in the desertª the fir tree,ª [and] the pine,ª and the box treeª together:ª" {Isa 41:19} + "And now,¹ saithª° the LORDª that formedª° me from the wombª¹ [to be] his servant,ª to bring²° Jacob² againª°¹ to¹ him, Though Israelª be not gathered,ª° yet shall I be gloriousª° in the eyesª of the LORD,ª and my Godª shall be¹ my strength.ª ... And he said,ª° It is a light thingª° that thou shouldest be¹¹ my servantª to raise upª°¹ the tribesª of Jacob,ª and to restoreª° the preservedª°°² of Israel:ª I will also giveª° thee for a lightª to the Gentiles,ª that thou mayest be¹ my salvationª unto¹ the endª of the earth.ª" {Isa 49:5-6} + "Instead¹ of the thornª shall come upª° the fir tree,ª and instead¹ of the brierª shall come upª° the myrtle tree:ª and it shall be¹ to the LORDª for a name,ª for an everlastingª signª [that] shall not¹ be cut off.ª°" {Isa 55:13} + "Therefore will I numberª° you to the sword,ª and ye shall all¹ bow downª° to the slaughter:ª because¹ when I called,ª° ye did not¹ answer;ª° when I spake,ª° ye did not¹ hear;ª° but didª° evilª before mine eyes,ª and did chooseª° [that] wherein¹ I delightedª° not.¹ ... That he who¹ blesseth²° himself¹ in the earthª shall bless²° himself¹ in the Godª of truth;ª and he that swearethª° in the earthª shall swearª° by the Godª of truth;ª because¹ the formerª troublesª are forgotten,ª° and because¹ they are hidª° from mine eyes.ª¹" {Isa 65:12-16} + "Then saidª° [God], Callª° his nameª Loammi:ª for¹ ye¹ [are] not¹ my people,ª and I¹ will not¹ be¹ your [God]. ... Yet the numberª of the childrenª of Israelª shall be¹ as the sandª of the sea,ª which¹ cannot¹ be measuredª° nor¹ numbered;ª° and it shall come to pass,¹ [that] in the placeª where¹ it was saidª° unto them, Ye¹ [are] not¹ my people,ª [there] it shall be saidª° unto them, [Ye are] the sonsª of the livingª God.ª" {Hsa 1:9-10} + "Butª manyª [that are] firstª shall beª° last;ª andª the lastª [shall be] first.ª" {Mtt 19:30} + "Thereforeªª say¹ I²° unto you,ª² The¹ kingdomª of Godª shall be takenª° fromª you,ª andª givenª° to a nationª bringing forthª° the¹ fruitsª thereof.ª" {Mtt 21:43} + "I sayª° then,ª² Have they¹ stumbledª° thatª they should fall?ª° God forbid:ªª° butª [rather] through their²¹ fallª salvationª [is come] unto the¹ Gentiles,ª for to² provoke²° them² to jealousy.ª°¹ ... Andª if¹ some²¹ of the¹ branchesª be broken off,ª° andª thou,ª beingª° a wild olive tree,ª wert graffed inª° amongª them,ª andª with²° themª° partakestª of the¹ rootª andª fatnessª of the¹ olive tree;ª" {Rom 11:11-17}
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