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... thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth . " These words , addressed by the Judge of all the earth to the blood - stained criminal , certainly refer not to the fertile regions that , except toward the ...
... thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth . " These words , addressed by the Judge of all the earth to the blood - stained criminal , certainly refer not to the fertile regions that , except toward the ...
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... thee . " g The Roman fleets are certainly meant in this predic- tion ; but they might sail to the attack of Antiochus from Cilicia , in whose harbours they were commonly stationed to command the Mediterranean . The most probable opinion ...
... thee . " g The Roman fleets are certainly meant in this predic- tion ; but they might sail to the attack of Antiochus from Cilicia , in whose harbours they were commonly stationed to command the Mediterranean . The most probable opinion ...
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... thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony . " It is generally agreed that the horn mentioned in this text is the horn of the fish Monoceros , which is very like ivory , and which gave rise to the fable of the unicorn . The Monoceros ...
... thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony . " It is generally agreed that the horn mentioned in this text is the horn of the fish Monoceros , which is very like ivory , and which gave rise to the fable of the unicorn . The Monoceros ...
Page 116
... thee out of this country , - - - then came he out of the land of the Chaldees and dwelt in Charran . " Hence it is evi- dent , that the region of Mesopotamia , where the patri- arch resided before he removed to Charran , must be in ...
... thee out of this country , - - - then came he out of the land of the Chaldees and dwelt in Charran . " Hence it is evi- dent , that the region of Mesopotamia , where the patri- arch resided before he removed to Charran , must be in ...
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... thee , O Tyrus , and I will cause many nations to come up against thee , as the sea causeth his waves to come up : and they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus , and break down her towers ; I will also scrape her dust from her , and make ...
... thee , O Tyrus , and I will cause many nations to come up against thee , as the sea causeth his waves to come up : and they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus , and break down her towers ; I will also scrape her dust from her , and make ...
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Page 35 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people...
Page 41 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 322 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 457 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 24 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Page 191 - The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Page 46 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 217 - Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Page 354 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 178 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.