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thorns, and I will forbid the
clouds from raining upon it. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of
Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant. I looked that they should
do justice, and they bring forth only iniquities."

Is. 8: "Sanctify the Lord with fear and trembling; let Him be your only
dread, and He shall be to you for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling
and a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a
snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and many among them shall stumble
against that stone, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and perish. Hide
my words, and cover my law for my disciples.

"I will then wait in patience upon the Lord that hideth and concealeth
Himself from the house of Jacob."

Is. 29: "Be amazed and wonder, people of Israel; stagger and stumble, and be
drunken, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink. For the Lord
hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes;
He will cover your princes and your prophets that have visions." (Daniel
xii: "The wicked shall not understand, but the wise shall understand."
Hosea, the last chapter, the last verse, after many temporal blessings,
says: "Who is wise, and he shall understand these things?" etc.) "And the
visions of all the prophets are become unto you as a sealed book, which men
deliver to one that is learned, and who can read; and he saith, I cannot
read it, for it is sealed. And when the book is delivered to them that are
not learned, they say, I am not learned.

"Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people with their lips do honour
me, but have removed their heart far from me,"--there is the reason and the
cause of it; for if they adored God in their hearts, they would understand
the prophecies,--"and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of man.
Therefore, beho