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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... things , " as by the Egyptians , or into the sun and moon and stars , as throughout heathendom ; and the worship of these divinities , always ceremonial and ex- ternal , was often loathsome , sanguinary , and obscene . Such was the ...
... things , " as by the Egyptians , or into the sun and moon and stars , as throughout heathendom ; and the worship of these divinities , always ceremonial and ex- ternal , was often loathsome , sanguinary , and obscene . Such was the ...
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... point his finger . We may be accused of blasphemy , of eating some forbidden things , of indulg- ing in some pleasure which the stern bigot calls a 0 transgression , and at once be dragged from our 22 THE STRENGTH OF JUDAH.
... point his finger . We may be accused of blasphemy , of eating some forbidden things , of indulg- ing in some pleasure which the stern bigot calls a 0 transgression , and at once be dragged from our 22 THE STRENGTH OF JUDAH.
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... things , while in the secret rooms of his palace he and his friends indulged in the foulest orgies of Paganism . He had pursued this course for some years without prehension , but at length the overwhelming influence acquired by Isaiah ...
... things , while in the secret rooms of his palace he and his friends indulged in the foulest orgies of Paganism . He had pursued this course for some years without prehension , but at length the overwhelming influence acquired by Isaiah ...
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... things . The daughter of Elkanah noticed the change with sorrow ; and though she presumed not to rebuke her betrothed lord , or even to question him on the matter , she often left him after an interview sick of heart to weep and pray ...
... things . The daughter of Elkanah noticed the change with sorrow ; and though she presumed not to rebuke her betrothed lord , or even to question him on the matter , she often left him after an interview sick of heart to weep and pray ...
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... things private and public . Then come the soldiers , practised , as thou knowest , in the sling , the bow , the sword , and the battle - axe , who easily keep the unarmed rabble in awe . The husbandmen rank next , and are held in much ...
... things private and public . Then come the soldiers , practised , as thou knowest , in the sling , the bow , the sword , and the battle - axe , who easily keep the unarmed rabble in awe . The husbandmen rank next , and are held in much ...
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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.