...art he whom thy brethren shall praise ; thy hand shall be in the neck of thy enemies : thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's...until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be." The name Judah signifies Praise, and the patriarch declared that he should have...

...art he whom thy brethren shall praise ; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies ; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's...until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."* From this prophecy it appears that the posterity of Judah were to be a people of...

...mighty conqueror. Then was fulfilled that which, in prophetic anticipation, the dying Jacob spake, " Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou...lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? (Gen. xlix. 9.) Yet thit cessation from strife was not the end of the battle, but only a short respite....

...distinctive insignia. He seems to point out the lion as the characteristic of Judah. He thus says, " Judah is a lion's whelp : from the prey, my son, thou...couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall raise him up ? " * Some may think these remarks to be very vague, but, that the twelve tribes did use...

...a temporal but in a spiritual sense, as he declared to Pilate, John AM 2315. BC 1689. my son, thoii OD DOTH INSTRUCT HIM to discretion, and doth t^ach him. For the fitches are not threshed with a thr ? * HOT. T. 4 ; Rev. v. 5.' Num. xxiii. 24 ; xxiv. 9 36, as a prelude to his second coming in glory...

...grace are the words of his lips and the aspirations of his heart. One extract will suffice : — i " Judah is a lion's whelp ; from the prey, my son, thou...him up ? " The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and to him shall the gathering of the people...

...art he whom thy brethren shall praise ; thy hand shall be in the neek of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's...as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and...

...Thy hand shall iv in the neck of thine enemies; Thv father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 1O The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nora lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shilrih come...

...fortunes of his sons Judah and Issachar. Their Blessings are as follow : " Judah is a lion's whrlp : from the prey my son, thou art gone up: he stooped...lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up 1 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come,...

...the manifest influence of inspiration, from their temporal distinctions to their warlike character. Judah is a lion's whelp ; From the prey, my son, thou...lion, And as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? Here again is a masterly climax, and observe how admirably the comparisons are chosen—the same...