The Strength of Judah and the Vengeance of Asshur: A Tale of the Times of IsaiahSeeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1862 - 374 pages |
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... mother of science , art , and mystery . Already in the unclouded blue of her sky the pyramids have long lifted their huge triangular masses ; the Sphinx is there " staring right on with her eternal eyes ; " the temples of " hundred ...
... mother of science , art , and mystery . Already in the unclouded blue of her sky the pyramids have long lifted their huge triangular masses ; the Sphinx is there " staring right on with her eternal eyes ; " the temples of " hundred ...
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... mother Adah had trained him from his earliest infancy in the fear of God , and often talked to him of his high privileges as a member of the covenant people . After her death , which took place before he was seven years old , Hananiah ...
... mother Adah had trained him from his earliest infancy in the fear of God , and often talked to him of his high privileges as a member of the covenant people . After her death , which took place before he was seven years old , Hananiah ...
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... mother , let some slave escape me , and tell them of the secrets of my house , let a guest prove treacherous and give but the slightest hint that I adore the gods that made Egypt wise , Tyre wealthy , and Assyria mighty , and in a few ...
... mother , let some slave escape me , and tell them of the secrets of my house , let a guest prove treacherous and give but the slightest hint that I adore the gods that made Egypt wise , Tyre wealthy , and Assyria mighty , and in a few ...
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... mother , as we have seen , was an Assyrian lady , and he had resided with her and his father at Nineveh during the whole of his early youth . He had thus learned to as- sociate with heathenism every idea of magnificence and glory , and ...
... mother , as we have seen , was an Assyrian lady , and he had resided with her and his father at Nineveh during the whole of his early youth . He had thus learned to as- sociate with heathenism every idea of magnificence and glory , and ...
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... mother . And Hanno told me how , far away in the west , between Javan and Tarshish , stood another Tyre , in a spot that can never be reached by the armies of Assyria and Egypt . ” " But Solomon , " argued Azriel , " sent out his ships ...
... mother . And Hanno told me how , far away in the west , between Javan and Tarshish , stood another Tyre , in a spot that can never be reached by the armies of Assyria and Egypt . ” " But Solomon , " argued Azriel , " sent out his ships ...
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Ahaz altar answered Arabs army Asshur Assyrian Azriel Benaiah blessed bowed bright brother Calah captives Carchemish Carmi chariot cried crowd darkness David death desert Egypt Eliakim Elkanah enemies eyes face faith father fear fell felt gate gazed glory gold Hananiah hand hath heard heart heathen heaven Hebrew Hezekiah holy hope horses idols Isaiah Israel Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jochanan journey Judah king of Assyria Lachish land lifted listen lived looked Lord Manasseh mercy mighty Mizraim mother Mount night Nineveh Nohah once palace passed peace Phoenicia present priests princes Prophet Rachel reached rest round Samaria scene seemed Sennacherib servant Shallum shalt Shebna sheikh Shobab slave soon stone stood stream strong sword Temple tent thee thine thou art thou hast thought throne Tirhakah Tobijah towers tribe turned Tyrians utter walked walls wonder words worship
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Page 6 - A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, 1.
Page 6 - That he may give them the inheritance of the gentiles : the works of his hands are truth and judgment. All his commandments are faithful : confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.
Page 6 - The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces : out of heaven shall He thunder upon them. The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth ; and He shall give strength unto His King: and exalt the horn of His Anointed.
Page 100 - ... and tribulation, they were words recalling blessed experience. So far in my life, thanks be to God, and under Him, to you, and my mother, and dear Lily, ' the lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage...
Page 188 - Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and all nations flow unto it.
Page 68 - David expresses his confidence, that even in the valley of the shadow of death the rod and staff of Jehovah would comfort him.