| John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...number years before : and sixty-eight >'«" of the years, whereof the word of the ^^ llad abead> P"*1 of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in ap^ are called to engage in yn* the desolations of Jerusalem, events ; but every man has duties !•>... | |
| Christianity - 1842 - 832 pages
...hope or an attempt to understand them ? Not so judged the holy and most humble Daniel ; who, " having understood by books the "number of the years, whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in " the desolations of Jerusalem," (ch. ix. 2.) did " set his heart to " understand " further and higher things,... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1841 - 772 pages
...is founded on the words of i book itself. '• In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, underitood by BOOKS the number of the years whereof the word...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." (Dan. ix. 2.) I*he Hebrew word translated Aoo/rshas the article prefixed.... | |
| Joshua William Brooks - Bible - 1841 - 364 pages
...of the various books of Scripture; such as Daniel seems to have prosecuted when he tells us, "that he understood by books the number of the years, whereof...the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, &c." ix. 2. And as the latter class of prophecies are avowedly in some instances sealed or shut up,... | |
| 1841 - 484 pages
...of the various books of Scripture; such as Daniel seems to have prosecuted when he tells us, "that he understood by books the number of the years, whereof...the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, &c." ix. 2. And as the latter class of prophecies are avowedly in some instances sealed or shut up,... | |
| William Wollaston Pym - Millennialism - 1841 - 124 pages
...are attempting to prove to be the duty of Christians. For " having understood by books the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem ;" 3 and, having " set his face unto the Lord God, by prayer and fasting,"... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - Antichrist - 1841 - 312 pages
...unfulfilled, is not to be neglected ; for it is connected with important practical duties. "Daniel understood by books the number of the years whereof...the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet," (Dan. ix. 2,) and he began to seek the Lord by prayer and supplication with fasting. The first Christians,... | |
| 1841 - 430 pages
...yet unfulfilled, is not to be neglected; for it is connected with important practical duties. "Daniel understood by books the number of the years whereof...the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet," (Dan. ix. 2,) and he began to seek the Lord by prayer and supplication with fasting. The first Christians,... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...Lord's sake. Here we find one prophet teaching us what use to make of the writings of another. Daniel "understood by books the number of the years, whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." See Jer. 25. 11, 12. 29. 10. And therefore at the expiration of the period... | |
| Bible - 1842 - 452 pages
...thy great power, and by thy strong hand." Dan. ix. 2, 15: "In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." "And now, 0 Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of Egypt... | |
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