The historical interval between the Old and New Testaments, by the author of 'A sponsor's gift'.1830 |
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INTERVAL. to such conduct in their king , and had in some measure anticipated it , when they advised Jeremiah and Baruch to hide themselves . How wretched must man become when he forsakes the living God , and how contemptible does he ...
INTERVAL. to such conduct in their king , and had in some measure anticipated it , when they advised Jeremiah and Baruch to hide themselves . How wretched must man become when he forsakes the living God , and how contemptible does he ...
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... measures for reducing his rebellious tributary ; for , having col- lected a large army , he marched towards Palestine . Finding , however , that the Ammonites also were en- gaged in the confederacy , he consulted his diviners to know ...
... measures for reducing his rebellious tributary ; for , having col- lected a large army , he marched towards Palestine . Finding , however , that the Ammonites also were en- gaged in the confederacy , he consulted his diviners to know ...
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... measure of iniquity which was bringing destruc- tion on himself and his people . The sacred historian § mentions as one of the sins of Zedekiah , that he “ hum- bled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the ...
... measure of iniquity which was bringing destruc- tion on himself and his people . The sacred historian § mentions as one of the sins of Zedekiah , that he “ hum- bled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the ...
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... measure counterbalanced , as to their effects on the public welfare , by the wisdom and pru dence of his mother ... measures adopted , that to human foresight , and in human estimation , it seemed totally impregnable . But what are ...
... measure counterbalanced , as to their effects on the public welfare , by the wisdom and pru dence of his mother ... measures adopted , that to human foresight , and in human estimation , it seemed totally impregnable . But what are ...
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... measures with Crœsus , by whose advice and concurrence he formed a powerful confederacy , and hired a large army of foreign troops . Croesus was appointed generalissimo of the united forces of Lydia and Babylonia , with which he was ...
... measures with Crœsus , by whose advice and concurrence he formed a powerful confederacy , and hired a large army of foreign troops . Croesus was appointed generalissimo of the united forces of Lydia and Babylonia , with which he was ...
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Page 65 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 62 - Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth ; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Page 12 - As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life...
Page 83 - And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, in the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Page 60 - And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men : and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Page 105 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 32 - Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
Page 49 - Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty...
Page 78 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Page 103 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.