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... Jerusalem is become as one [ rather , as a woman ] set apart for unclean among them , ” Lam . i . 17 . is preferable to that of our English translators . An exception to this rule may be admitted , when an ancient custom cannot be ...
... Jerusalem is become as one [ rather , as a woman ] set apart for unclean among them , ” Lam . i . 17 . is preferable to that of our English translators . An exception to this rule may be admitted , when an ancient custom cannot be ...
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... Jerusalem . " Ps . cix . 4 , our translators properly suggest an idea of the con- ciseness in the original , when they render , " But I give " myself unto prayer . " But where the diction becomes inelegant from the observance of this ...
... Jerusalem . " Ps . cix . 4 , our translators properly suggest an idea of the con- ciseness in the original , when they render , " But I give " myself unto prayer . " But where the diction becomes inelegant from the observance of this ...
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... Jerusalem ; " " the manufacture of the potter ; " " † and the captain of the guards gave him provisions , and a gratuity , and dismissed him ; " " cause cavalry to come up ; " " § his haughtiness is exceedingly super- eminent ; " || Is ...
... Jerusalem ; " " the manufacture of the potter ; " " † and the captain of the guards gave him provisions , and a gratuity , and dismissed him ; " " cause cavalry to come up ; " " § his haughtiness is exceedingly super- eminent ; " || Is ...
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... . siah . C. i . 1 . Probably in the reign of Jehoiakim , Between the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar , and the destruc- tion of the Edom- ites by him . After the return from Babylon . THE BOOK OF JONA H. CHAPTER I. 1 Now the.
... . siah . C. i . 1 . Probably in the reign of Jehoiakim , Between the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar , and the destruc- tion of the Edom- ites by him . After the return from Babylon . THE BOOK OF JONA H. CHAPTER I. 1 Now the.
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... Jerusalem he will utter his voice : And the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn , And the top of Carmel shall wither . Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Damascus , And for four , I will not turn away the punishment ...
... Jerusalem he will utter his voice : And the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn , And the top of Carmel shall wither . Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Damascus , And for four , I will not turn away the punishment ...
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Amos Arab Assyrians Babylon Bahrdt behold Bishop Lowth Blaney Boch Bochart Capellus captivity cast Chald CHAP Chron Copt covenant destruction Deut devour earth editions read Edom Egypt enemies Ephraim Ezek Forsayeth Gilgal glory Haggai Hebr Hebrew Hieroz holy Horsley Horsley's hosts Houbigant Houbigant reads idolatry idols inhabitants iniquity Isai Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Jonah Josh Judah kingdom of Israel Kings land locusts Lowth on Isai Matth Medes Moab mountains nations Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh Nold Numb observes omitted original word Pachom passage Pocock Præl priests prophecy prophet punishment quæ render sacrifice saith Jehovah Samaria Secker sense shew signifies Sion suppose Syriac temple thereof thine things thou hast thou shalt translation true reading unto Jehovah unto thee verb verse versions and Chald viii Vulg Wheeler wine Woide word of Jehovah xxiii Zerubbabel
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Page 257 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 357 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 51 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord...
Page 161 - With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 10 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Page 62 - But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Page 174 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 115 - The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Page 210 - I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests...
Page 239 - God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; He had horns coming out of his hand : And there was the hiding of his power.