...inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation ; I the Lord will hasten it in his time." Then followeth the words of our text. There can be no doubt...

...converted unto God. So shall it be in the day of God's power ; " a nation shall be born in a day;" " a little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: the Lord will hasten it in his time."] Such being the prophetic import of the words, let us proceed...

...making in the earth, shall be succeeded by those greater and more extended, and these by greater, till "a little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation — till the Spirit be poured from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field" — till these...

...of the ravenous and the obscene hind .') Thus when the Lord shall please to hasten it in his time, a little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. (Isa. Ix. 22.) K Let us pray that the triumphant progress of his hingdom may come. In the mean time...

...hastening on apace. In the latter day " the people of God shall be as the stars of heaven for multitude". " A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation0". Yea, " a nation shall be born in a day". And " All the ends of the earth shall remember themselves...

...inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that 1 may be glorified. 22 answered the man of God, and said. Behold, if the LORD would make win I the LORD will hasten it in his time. CHAPTER 61 THE SPIRIT of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the...

...least 1000 years and prove up the cycles. We find ample proof of the 1000-year cycle in the Bible : "A little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation; I the Lord, will hasten it in his time." Also "One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a...

...everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people shall be all righteous, etc. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord will John IV, 42, para. 16 (note 20). hasten it in his time' (v. 20-22). See also Isaiah...

...compared with the smallness of their numbers to the whole population. 5. Increase in numbers (Isa. 60:22). "A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time"; so also Isaiah 27:6; Jeremiah 31:27 and Ezekiel 36:37. These...

...vënelëka ('House of Jacob, go and we will go') in chapter 2, and chose words from 60:22 as its motto: 'A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation.'1 ' In Christian tradition, as BP, pp. 90-9. On Isaiah's role in the Passion story, see also...