Tent. 1. 22-25. And ye came near to me every one of you, and d. We will send men before us, at they shall search us out the 1, and bring us word again by tat way we must go up, and into tat cities we shall come. And saying pleased me well; and I twelve men of you, one of a And they turned and went I into the mountain, and came the valley of Eshcol, and ared it out. And they took the trait of the land in their and brought it down unto ught us word again, said. It is a good land which Les our God doth give us. trii, 7-10. For the LORD God bringeth thee into a good a land of brooks of water, of Mains and depths that spring of valleys and hills; A land of ast, and barley, and vines, and trees, and pomegranates; a fol olive, and honey; A herein thou shalt eat bread hent starceness, thou shalt not A day thing in it; a land whose are iron, and out of whose Latest dig brass. When hast saten and art full, then the LORD thy God the good land which he hath a thee. CULTIVATION. Gen. ii, 15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Isa. xxv, 10. For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. Luke xvii, 7. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? 2 Tim. ii, 6. The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. PLOUGHING. Deut. xxii, 10. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 1 Sam. xiii, 19-21. Now there all the land of Israel: for the Philwas no smith found throughout istines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 1 Sam. xiv, 14. And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armour bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. Gen. iii, 17-19, 23. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Therefore the LORD God 1 Kings, xix, 19-21. So he desent him forth from the gar- parted thence, and found Elisha den of Eden, to till the ground the son of Shaphat, who was plowfrom whence he was taken. ing with twelve yoke of oxen beJud. xix, 16. And, behold, therefore him, and he with the twelfth: came an old man from his work and Elijah passed by him, and out of the field at even, which was cast his mantle upon him. And also of mount Ephraim; and he he left the oxen, and ran after sojourned in Gibeah: but the men Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray of the place were Benjamites. thee, kiss my father and my moAnd he said unto him, Go back ther, and then I will follow thee. again: for what have I done to thee? And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. 1 Chr. xxvii, 26. And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub. 2 Chron. xxvi, 10. Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. Eccles. v, 9. Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. Eccles. vi. 7. All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Psalm civ, 23. Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. Job I, 14. 15. And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses Sabeans fell upon them, and took feeding beside them: And the them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Job xxxix, 10. Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the Psalm cxxviii, 2. For thou shalt valleys after thee? Isa. xxviii, 23, 24. Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? Isa. Ixi, 5. And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vindressers. Amos vi, 12. Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? Judges xiv, 18. And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. Job iv, 8. Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Job xxxi, 38-40. If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Ps. cxxix, 3. The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. Prov. xx, 4. The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Prov. xxi, 4. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. ed iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. Micah iii, 12. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. Joel iii, 10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Luke ix, 62. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. iii, 9. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry. Ps. xcvil, 11. Light is sow the righteous, and gladnes the upright in heart. Ps. cvii, 37. And sow the 1 and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase. Jer. xxxi, 27, 28. Behold days come, saith the LORD, will sow the house of Israe the house of Judah with the of man, and with the seed of And it shall come to pas like as I have watched over to pluck up, and to break and to throw down, and t stroy, and to afflict; 801 watch over them, to build to plant, saith the LORD. Ezek. xxxvi, 9-11. For, b I am for you, and I will unto you, and ye shall be and sown: And I will multipl 1 Cor. ix, 10. Or saith he it alto- upon you, all the house of For our even all of it: and the cities gether for our sakes? sakes, no doubt, this is written: be inhabited, and the waste that he that ploweth should plow be builded: ' And I will n in hope; and that he that thresh-upon you man and beast eth in hope should be partaker they shall increase and of his hope. fruit: and I will settle you your old estates, and will d ter unto you than at your nings: and ye shall know am the LORD. SOWING. Gen. xlvii, 23. Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. Lev. xix, 19. Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garIsa. ii, 4. And he shall judgement mingled of linen and woolamong the nations, and shall re- len come upon thee. buke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and theirspears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Deut. xxii, 9. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. Ps. cxxvi, 5, 6. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Eccles. xi, 4, 6. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Isa. xxvili, 25, 26. When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. Ho8. x, 11-13. * Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reap-ox and the ass. Isa. xxxii, 20. Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the Hosea il, 23. And I wil her unto me in the earth will have mercy upon he had not obtained mercy; will say to them which we my people,Thou art my peop they shall say, Thou art ш Hosea x, 12. Sow to you in righteousness, reap in Ze.x,9.And I will sow them the people: and they sh member me in far countri they shall live with their ch and turn again. Matt. xiii, 1-8. The s went Jesus out of the hou sat by the sea side. And multitudes were gather gether unto him, so that b into a ship, and sat; al whole multitude stood ( shore. And he spake many unto them in parables, Behold, a sower went f sow; And when he sowe seeds fell by the way side, fowls came and devoure up: Some fell upon stony where they had not much and forthwith they spra because they had no di of earth: And when thei up, they were scorched; cause they had no root, the ered away. And some fell thorns; and the thorns spr and choked them: But of into good ground, and forth fruit, some an hund some sixtyfold, some thir!! Matt. xiil, 18-23. Hear y fore the parable of the When any one heareth the word, country of Moab how that the of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked me, and catcheth away that which Was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way de. But he that received the ed into stony places, the same she that heareth the word, and with joy receiveth it; Yet bath be not root in himself, but aureth for a while: for when trilation or persecution ariseth case of the word, by and by les onded. He also that rered seed among the thorns is that beareth the word; and the cure of this world, and the decoriness of riches, choke word, and he becometh unal But he that received ed into the good ground is he at heareth the word, and undereth it; which also beareth PA and bringeth forth, some an fredfuld, some sixty, some , 7, 8. Be not deceived: is not mocked: for whatman soweth, that shall rap. For he that soweth esh shall of the flesh reap bat he that soweth to Start shall of the Spirit reap Law everinging. PLENTY. Iv 12. Then Isaac sowed land, and received in the year an hundredfold: and LORD blessed him. 47. And in the seven s years the earth brought A by handfuls. 1819. Wherefore ye shall statutes, and keep my ts, and do them; and ye well in the land in safety. te and shall yield her fruit, shall eat your fill, and Peteran in safety. 3-5. If ye walk in my md keep my commandTad do them; Then I will Ja rain in due season, and ad shall yield her increase, 4the trees of the field shall their fruit. And your ng shall reach unto the and the vintage shall LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. 2 Kings xix, 29. And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. the Psalm lxv, 9-13. Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. Psalm lxxii, 16. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon. Ezek. xxxvi, 8. But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth fruit to my people of Israel; for your branches, and yield your they are at hand to come. Ezek. xxxiv, 27. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the band of those that served themselves of them. Joel ii, 24. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel li, 26. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. Amos ix, 13. Behold, the day is come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, Gen. xxxvii, 7. For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. Lev. xxv,5. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. Ruth ii, 4. And, behold, Boaz unto the reapers, The LORD be came from Beth-lehem, and said with you. him, The LORD bless thee. And they answered shemesh were reaping their wheat 1 Sam. vi, 13. And they of Bethharvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 1 Sam. viii, 12. And he will ap point him captains over thousands, set them to ear his ground, and to and captains over fifties; and will reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. my bread, and my water, and my 1 Sam. xxv, 11. Shall I then take flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be 2 Kings iv, 18. And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. Job v, 5. Whose harvest the hunout of the thorns, and the robber gry eateth up, and taketh it even swalloweth up their substance. Job xxiv, 6. They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. Prov. x, 5. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that At to the sowing time: and and the treader of grapes him that sleepeth in harvest is a son that Seat your bread to the full, soweth seed; and the mountains causeth shame. de in your land safely. mi, 10. And ye shall eat = and bring forth the old 3 of the new. xxxii, 13. He made him een the high places of the that he might eat the inof the fields 16. Then she arose with daughters in law, that she return from the country of at for she had heard in the hills shall melt. shall drop sweet wine, and all the Zech. viii, 11, 12. But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. Prov. xxv, 13. As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. Job xxiv, 24. They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. Isa. ix, 3. Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. Isa. xvii. 4, 5. And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. Jer. v, 24. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Jer. vill, 20. The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Jer. ix, 22. Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. Jer. 1, 16. Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. Hosea vi, 11. Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. Joel iii, 13. Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow: for their wickedness is great. Matth. ix, 37, 38. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Matth. xiii, 24-30. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest | the labourers who have reap Matth. xiii, 36-43. Then Jesus James v, 7. Be patient theref Mark iv, 26-29. And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. Luke x, 2. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. John iv, 35-38. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wagos, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. 1 Cor. ix, 11. If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? James v, 4. Behold, the hire of Rev. xiv, 14-16. And I look and behold a white cloud, and on the cloud one sat like unto t Son of man, having on his hea golden crown, and in his ban sharp sickle. And another came out of the temple, cry with a loud voice to him that on the cloud, Thrust in thy so and reap: for the time is com thee to reap; for the harvest earth is ripe. And he that s the cloud thrust in his sick the earth; and the earth reaped. GLEANING. Lev. xix, 9. And when ye the harvest of your land, shalt not wholly reap the cor of thy field, neither shalt gather the gleanings of thy vest. Lev. xxiii, 22. And when yer the harvest of your land, shalt not make clean ridda the corners of thy field whe reapest, neither shalt thou any gleaning of thy harvest; shalt leave them unto the and to the stranger: I LORD your God. Deut. xxiv, 19. When the test down thine harvest field, and hast forgot a sheaf field, thou shalt not go fetch it: it shall be for the stra for the fatherless, and f widow: that the LORD th may bless thee in all the w thine hands. Deut. xxiv, 22. And the remember that thou wasta man in the land of Egypt: fore I command thee to do thing. INSTANCE. Ruthii,1-3,5-9. And Naomi kinsman of her husband's, a man of wealth, of the fab Elimelech; and his na Boaz. And Ruth the Met said unto Naomi, Let me D to the field, and glean ears o after him in whose sight! find grace. And she sa her, Go, my daughter. An went, and came, and glas the field after the reapers a hap was to light on a part unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. THRESHING. Gen. xxiv, 25. She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. field belonging unto Boaz, who as of the kindred of Elimelech. Then said Boaz unto his servant fost was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? And the rvant that was set over the Tepers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: And she said, I pray yen, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even Gen. xxiv, 32. And the man came f the morning until now, that into the house: and he ungirded ale tarried a little in the house. his camels, and gave straw and The Boaz unto Ruth, Hear-provender for the camels. est that not, my daughter? Go t to gisan in another field, Gen. 1, 10. And they came to the ther go from hence, but abide threshing-floor of Atad, which is bere fast by my maidens: Let thine beyond Jordan. -Fe be on the field that they do and go thou after them: have Bot charged the young men that ay ball not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the eels and drink of that which young men have drawn. ath, 14-19. And Boaz said ber. At mealtime come thou and eat of the bread, and y morsel in the vinegar. shes beside the reapers: Le reacted her parched corn, 1edd eat, and was sufficed, when she was risen gan, Boaz commanded his men, saying. Let her glean the sheaves, and reich ber not: And let fall also of the handfuls of purpose and leave them, that she Jean them, and rebuke her So she gleaned in the field evea, and beat out that she aned; and it was about an of barley. And she took it went into the city; and her law saw what she had and she brought forth, Te to her that she had re after she was sufficed. 4 mother in law said unto re hast thou gleaned to where wroughtest thou? that did take 1 be he Sean's name to day is Boaz. , 21-23. And Ruth the es said, He said unto me Thou shalt keep fast by my en, until they have ended harvest. And Naomi said 4th her daughter in law, It my daughter, that thou with his maidens, that they thee not in any other field. kept fast by the maidens of lean unto the end of barFarvest and of wheat harvest; dalt with her mother in xx, 45. And they turned led toward the wilderness Exod. v, 10-12. And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. Deut. xxv, 4. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Judges vi, 11. And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 1 Sam. xxiii, 1. Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors. 1 Chron. xxi, 18-25. Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shall grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. And king David said to Ornan, Nay, but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. Isa. xxviii, 27-29. For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. leave of the people to Jehoahaz riots, and ten thousand footmen: but fifty horsemen, and ten chafor the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. 2 Kin. xiii, 7. Neither did he Job xxi, 18. They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Psalm i, 4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Psalm xxxv, 5. Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Psalm 1xxxiii, 13. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. the corn of my floor: that which I Isa. xxi, 10. O my threshing, and have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. Isa. xxx, 24. The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Isa. xxx, 28. And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. titude of thy strangers shall be Isa. xxix, 5. Moreover the mullike small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. Isa. xxxiii, 11. Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble your breath, as fire, shall devour you. Isa.xli, 15, 16. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them |