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Willow

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: W By: James P. Boyd

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Before the captivity the willow was an emblem of joy

(Lev. 23:40⁴⁰And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. (Leviticus 23:40); Job 40:22²²The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. (Job 40:22); Isa. 44:4⁴And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. (Isaiah 44:4)); but in allusion to the captivity, the weeping willow of Babylonia became the poetical type of sorrow (Psa. 137:2²We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. (Psalm 137:2)). The “brook of willows” (Isa. 15:7⁷Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. (Isaiah 15:7)), was in the land of Moab, and is called “valley of Arabians” in margin.

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