‏ Isaiah 41:19

     19. (Isa 32:15; 55:13).

      shittah—rather, the "acacia," or Egyptian thorn, from which the gum Arabic is obtained [LOWTH].

      oil tree—the olive.

      fir tree—rather, the "cypress": grateful by its shade.

      pine—GESENIUS translates, "the holm."

      box tree—not the shrub used for bordering flower beds, but [GESENIUS] a kind of cedar, remarkable for the smallness of its cones, and the upward direction of its branches.

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