THE RETURN OF ISRAEL.
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.—Micah ii. 12.
And the Temple again shall be built,
And filled as it was of yore;
And the burden be lift from the heart of the world,
And the nations all adore;
Prayers to the throne of Heaven,
Morning and eve shall rise,
And unto and not of the Lamb
Shall be the sacrifice.—Festus.
| In many strange and Gentile lands | Micah v. 8. |
| Where Jacob’s scattered sons are driven, | Jer. xxiii. 8. |
| With longing eyes and lifted hands, | Lam. i. 17. |
| They wait Messiah’s sign from heaven. | Matth. xxiv. 30 |
| The cup of fury they have quaffed, | Isa. li. 17. |
| Till fainted like a weary flock; | Isa. li. 20. |
| But Heaven will soon withdraw the draught, | Isa. li. 22. |
| And give them waters from the rock. | Exod. xvii. 6. |
| What though their bodies, as the ground, | Isa. li. 23. |
| Th’ Assyrian long has trodden o’er! | Isa. lii. 4. |
| Zion, a captive daughter bound, | Isa. lii. 2. |
| Shall rise to know her wrong no more. | Isa. liv. 3, 4. |
| The veil is passing from her eyes, | 2 Cor. iii. 16. |
| The King of Nations she shall see; | Zech. xiv. 9. |
| Judea! from the dust arise! | Isa. lii. 2. |
| Thy ransomed sons return to thee! | Jer. xxxi. 17. |
| How gorgeous shall thy land appear, | Isa. liv. 12. |
| When, like the jewels of a bride, | Isa. xlix. 18. |
| Thy broken bands, all gathered there, | Zech. xi. 14. |
| Shall clothe thy hills on every side! | Isa. xlix. 18. |
| When on thy mount, as prophets taught, | Isa. xxiv. 23. |
| Shall shine the throne of David’s Son; | Ezek. xxxvii. 22. |
| The Gospel’s latest triumphs brought | Micah iv. 2. |
| Where first its glorious course begun. | Luke xxiv. 47. |
| Gentiles and Kings, who thee oppressed, | Isa. lx. 14. |
| Shall to thy gates with praise repair; | Isa. lx. 11. |
| A fold of flocks shall Sharon rest, | Isa. lxv. 10. |
| And clustered fruits its vineyard bear. | Joel ii. 22. |
| Then shall an Eden morn illume | Isa. li. 3. |
| Earth’s fruitful vales, without a thorn: | Isa. lv. 13. |
| The wilderness rejoice and bloom, | Isa. xxxv. 1. |
| And nations in a day be born. | Zech. ii. 11. |
| The Lord his holy arm makes bare; | Isa. lii. 10. |
| Zion! thy cheerful songs employ! | Zeph. iii. 14. |
| Thy robes of bridal beauty wear, | Isa. lii. 1. |
| And shout, ye ransomed race, for joy! | Isa. lii. 9. |