 | John Scott - 1839 - 554 pages
...when the rest were carried to Babylon, told him that they were in great affliction and reproach. " And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that...and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven." As soon as an opportunity of visiting the afflicted offers, this man hastens to visit him, that " he... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1839 - 246 pages
...and his majesty together in the very prefaces and preparations to their prayers. So Neh. i. 5, " O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him." So Dan. ix. 4, " O Lord, the great and c dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pages
...reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also it broken down, and the gales thereof are burned with fire. 4 K Ami it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I...before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love... | |
 | John Barclay - 1841 - 408 pages
...who can in measure adopt a similar language with that of Nehemiah, — " When I heard these things, I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven." Surely there are those that can say, " I arose in the night, neither told I any man what my God had... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Horace Hooker - 1841 - 240 pages
...Persian king, that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down, and the gates thereof burned with fire, he sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. Move, va to cause a thing to change its place ; as, he has moved his goods to his new store. to affect... | |
 | Thomas Thomas - 1841 - 32 pages
...reproach; that the wall of Jerusalem also was broken down, and the gates thereof burnt with fire ; he sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven." Nor could he conceal the sadness of his heart in the presence of his King. Having obtained permission... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pages
...reproach : the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that...before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love... | |
 | Anglican fathers - 1842 - 402 pages
...DD, BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTBY. NEHEMIAH i. 4. And it came to pass, when I heard these icords, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. WE have many solemn days in the year to remember the noble works of our Saviour ; but the Church hath... | |
 | William Evans, Thomas Evans - 1842 - 496 pages
...who can in measure adopt a similar language with that of Nehemiah, — " When I heard these things, I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven." Surely there are those that can say, " I arose in the night, neither told I any man what my God had... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...that the Jews were in great affliction and reproach, (though he were then a servant to the king :) he sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, &c. — Neh. i. 2, &c. ; Jer. ix. l . Thou shalt not vex a stranger, nor oppress him, &c. Ye shall... | |
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And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven... 
