thousand: Leviticus 26:8, Leviticus 26:36; Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 32:30; Joshua 23:10; Proverbs 28:1; Jeremiah 37:10
till ye: Isaiah 1:7-8, Isaiah 37:3-4; Nehemiah 1:2-3; Zephaniah 3:12; Zechariah 13:8-9; Matthew 24:21-22
a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs, or a mast, Isaiah 6:13, Isaiah 27:11; John 15:2-6; Romans 11:17