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... Ezra , the Persian con- queror felt an obligation to restore the temple at Jerusalem . He may have been moved to this remarkable step by the friendly welcome he received from the Jews in Babylon . A great Hebrew prophet had called him ...
... Ezra , the Persian con- queror felt an obligation to restore the temple at Jerusalem . He may have been moved to this remarkable step by the friendly welcome he received from the Jews in Babylon . A great Hebrew prophet had called him ...
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... Ezra and Nehemiah . After nearly a hundred years , the walls of Jerusalem , in spite of the plottings of enemies , were completed . Important social reforms were inaugurated . A full account of the restoration is found in Ezra and Ne ...
... Ezra and Nehemiah . After nearly a hundred years , the walls of Jerusalem , in spite of the plottings of enemies , were completed . Important social reforms were inaugurated . A full account of the restoration is found in Ezra and Ne ...
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... Ezra 2 . The worship of Jehovah restored , Ezra 3 . The decree of Darius , and completion of the temple , Ezra 6 . The expedition of Ezra at a later time , Ezra 7 . The agitation in regard to mixed marriages , Ezra 9 , 10 . Nehemiah ...
... Ezra 2 . The worship of Jehovah restored , Ezra 3 . The decree of Darius , and completion of the temple , Ezra 6 . The expedition of Ezra at a later time , Ezra 7 . The agitation in regard to mixed marriages , Ezra 9 , 10 . Nehemiah ...
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... Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people ; and when he opened it , all the people stood up . ' In the 19th Psalm there is a fine eulogy of the law , which is pronounced " perfect , converting the soul " ; and in the first ...
... Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people ; and when he opened it , all the people stood up . ' In the 19th Psalm there is a fine eulogy of the law , which is pronounced " perfect , converting the soul " ; and in the first ...
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... Ezra 6 : I - 12 . 4 " The story of the campaign of Chedor - laomer must have been derived from a cuneiform tablet ; the story of Joseph seems to have been taken from a hieratic papyrus . The account of the deluge had made its way from ...
... Ezra 6 : I - 12 . 4 " The story of the campaign of Chedor - laomer must have been derived from a cuneiform tablet ; the story of Joseph seems to have been taken from a hieratic papyrus . The account of the deluge had made its way from ...
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Page 189 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...
Page 254 - Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord: even he shall build the temple of the Lord ; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
Page 237 - Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains and exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it." (Micah iv.): 1 . " But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains...
Page 168 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 173 - And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Page 227 - Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Page 227 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 239 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage ? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us ; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Page 218 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Page 249 - The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.