...plundered it. And in all their allianees and leagues, Egypt was to them, "us a broken reed, whercon if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it." Isaiah xxxvi. 6. Upon these aecounts we might expect thai Egypt would be the subject of several prophecies....

...or deservings, instead of relying upon the merits of Christ, is to trust in the staff of a Ivroken reed ; on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it? But then, on the contrary, how can we avoid feeling and cherishing the most delightful confidence,...

...against me? 21 'Now, behold, thou f trustest upon the 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 king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in c^RTSr...

...rebellest against me ? Now, be-. hold, thou trustest upon the 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 Pharoah king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. But if ye say unto me, we trust in the LORD...

...And, in all their leagues and alliances, Egypt was to them as a broken reed. Isa. xxxvi. 6, " whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it." In Egypt, the infant Saviour, with his mother, found an asylum from the blood-thirsty Herod. On all...

...wherein thou trustestl behold, thou trustest on the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh, King of Egypt, unto all that trust upon him. Now make an agreement with me with a...

...What confidence is this wherein " thou trustest? For lo ! thou trustest in the staff of this " broken reed, on which if a man lean, it will go into " his hand, and pierce it !" ... But is every hope thus illusive? Must we inevitably resign ourselves to despondency in .the...

...illoslrarion : " Now, behold, thou (Hezekiah) tnntest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even npon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh King of Egypt unto all that trust on him." (2 Kings xviii. 21.) Jews and Assyrians...

...gigantic swindle; and the present imperfectly reformed House of Commons is but " a broken reed, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it." It is divided now, as was the Roman senate in the days of Cicero, into rncdi, boni, quieti and fautores...

...exhort Hezekiah to submission. " 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. But if thou say to me, we trust in the Lord our...