The Prophet and His ProblemsC. Scribner's Sons, 1914 - 244 pages |
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... Sennacherib's invasion both Micah and Isaiah were interpreting the situation.1 It is difficult to determine the course of Isaiah's thought in this crisis . Conflicting reports of his views seem to have been recorded ; see pages 160 ff ...
... Sennacherib's invasion both Micah and Isaiah were interpreting the situation.1 It is difficult to determine the course of Isaiah's thought in this crisis . Conflicting reports of his views seem to have been recorded ; see pages 160 ff ...
Page 103
... Sennacherib to lay Jerusalem in ruins ( 3:12 ) , but Sennacherib left her un- scathed to stand for more than a hun- dred years . Zephaniah and Jeremiah seem to have been called forth by the Scythian invasion , from which they an ...
... Sennacherib to lay Jerusalem in ruins ( 3:12 ) , but Sennacherib left her un- scathed to stand for more than a hun- dred years . Zephaniah and Jeremiah seem to have been called forth by the Scythian invasion , from which they an ...
Page 156
... Sennacherib , his son , succeeded him upon the throne . This change of rulers seemed to the liberty- loving vassals of Assyria to offer a good opportunity for another blow for free- dom . The prime mover in this revolt seems to 156 ...
... Sennacherib , his son , succeeded him upon the throne . This change of rulers seemed to the liberty- loving vassals of Assyria to offer a good opportunity for another blow for free- dom . The prime mover in this revolt seems to 156 ...
Page 157
... Sennacherib for a period of from six to nine months . In connection with this attack upon Sen- nacherib he stirred up revolt also in Phoenicia , Philistia , Egypt , and Judah . Jerusalem became a maelstrom of plots and counterplots ...
... Sennacherib for a period of from six to nine months . In connection with this attack upon Sen- nacherib he stirred up revolt also in Phoenicia , Philistia , Egypt , and Judah . Jerusalem became a maelstrom of plots and counterplots ...
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... Sennacherib . The latter relates that he first of all subdued Babylon and later came west . Here he first attacked the Phoenician King and subdued all his ter- ritory . He then received submission and tribute from certain near - by ...
... Sennacherib . The latter relates that he first of all subdued Babylon and later came west . Here he first attacked the Phoenician King and subdued all his ter- ritory . He then received submission and tribute from certain near - by ...
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Page 154 - So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son : come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
Page 71 - Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah...
Page 103 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it ; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 90 - And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Page 53 - I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Page 75 - When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Page 44 - But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
Page 41 - Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com'ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: and the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Page 154 - Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Page 227 - Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?