Isa 41:19 | JFB | STEP | 19. ( ; ). 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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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.