Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near. This covenant of grace belongs to every soul that thirsts for happiness, not to Jews alone or captives in Babylon. God offers pardon and peace on gospel terms to all poor sinners; the appointed method is Christ as your way, the Spirit as your guide, and the Word as your rule.
AI summary
Commenting on Isaiah 55:6-13
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree,.... The meaning of which either is, that instead of wicked men, comparable to briers and thorns for their being fruitless and useless, harmful and pernicious, under a curse, and their end to be burned, there good men, comparable to fruitful and beautiful trees, shall...
thorn--emblem of the wicked (Sa2 23:6; Mic 7:4). fir tree--the godly (Isa 60:13; Psa 92:12). Compare as to the change wrought, Rom 6:19. brier--emblem of uncultivation (Isa 5:6). myrtle--Hebrew, Hedes, from which comes Hedassah, the original name of Esther. Type of the Christian Church; for it is a lowly, though beautiful, fragrant, and evergreen shrub (Psa 92:13-14). for a name . . .