Isa. 42:3.—“The smoking flax (i.e., wicks) shall he not quench.” See under Tapeinosis. Isa. 43:17.—“They are quenched as the flax”: i.e., as a wick. (A.V., tow). Gen. 3:19.—“Dust thou art”: i.e., made of dust. Gen. 18:27.—“Dust and ashes.” See under Paronomasia. Ps. 103:14.—“He remembereth that we are dust”: i.e., made of dust. Ecc. 12:7.—“Then shall the dust (i.e., man) return to the earth as it was.”