Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 55:13
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Isaiah55:13
13. thorn--emblem of the wicked (2Sa 23:6; Mi 7:4).
fir tree--the godly (Is 60:13; Psa 92:12). Compare as to the change wrought, Ro 6:19.
brier--emblem of uncultivation (Is 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 ... everlasting sign--a perpetual memorial to the glory of Jehovah (Jr 13:11; 33:9).
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