And I
will fasten him as a nail in a sure place . . . and they shall hang upon him
all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels
of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of
flagons. (Isaiah 22:23-24)
There
is one nail, fastened in a sure place; and on it hang all the *flagons and all
the cups.
“Oh,”
says one little cup, “I am so small and so black, suppose I were to drop!”
“Oh,”
says a flagon, “there is no fear of you; but I am so heavy, so very weighty,
suppose I were to drop!”
And a
little cup says,
“Oh, if
I were only like the gold cup there, I should never fear falling.”
But
the gold cup answers,
“It
is not because I am a gold cup that I keep up; but because I hang upon the
nail.”
*Flagon:
a container for holding liquids, as for use at table, especially one with a
handle, a spout, and usually a cover.
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