| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity." " It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : that stretchetl] out the heaven as a curtain ; and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." " Hast thou... | |
| Jacques Saurin - Sermons, English - 1827 - 666 pages
...Behold, the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers.' The prophet's design in describing the Deity with so much magnificence is to discountenance idolatry,... | |
| William Carpenter - 1827 - 542 pages
...himself, To erect an. image that may not be moved ? 21. Will ye not know ? Will you not hear ? Hath it not been told you from the beginning : Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22. Who sitteth upon the circle of the earth : And the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers ? Who... | |
| Jacques Saurin - Sermons, French - 1827 - 522 pages
...dust of the earth in a measure. He weigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Behold all nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance. All... | |
| Frederick Corbyn - 1828 - 376 pages
...prepare a graven image that shall not be moved. Have ;e not known ? have ye not heard 1 Hath it not been told you from the beginning ? Have ye not understood...that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitations are as grasshoppers ; . That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them... | |
| Portier - 1828 - 528 pages
...behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgement. Isaiah, 40. 22. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreaderh them out as a tent to dwell in. 45. 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, let the skies pour... | |
| Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...the greatness and majesty of the Creator, and the insignificance of man in comparison of Him, says, " It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers," Is. xl. 22. The army of the Midianites and Amalekites is described " as grasshoppers for multitude,"... | |
| 1828 - 1042 pages
...been told you from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 // h hat I may d-.vell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LOR strctcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That bringeth... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - Avebury (England) - 1828 - 160 pages
...delivered by them in the first generations of the world. " Have ye not known ? have ye not HEARD ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? — it is he that sitteth on the CIRCLE of the earth," &c. And in perfect consonance with the earliest creed of man, he says,... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Authors, English - 1828 - 492 pages
...the remainder of the note. " Have ye not known ? have ye not heard ? Hath it not been published to you from the beginning? Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And to whom its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; Who... | |
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