Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Isaiah xl. 6.

The nations are as a drop of a bucket.

Isaiah xl. 15.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Isaiah xlii. 3.

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

Isaiah xlviii. 22.

He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter.

Isaiah liii. 7.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts.