A New Translation of the Hebrew Prophets, Volume 1George Rapall Noyes American Unitarian Association, 1868 |
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Page viii
... writers have come to the same conclusion . " All prophecy makes itself known to the prophet that it is prophecy indeed , by the strength and vigor of the perception , so that his mind is freed from all scruple about it . " This he ...
... writers have come to the same conclusion . " All prophecy makes itself known to the prophet that it is prophecy indeed , by the strength and vigor of the perception , so that his mind is freed from all scruple about it . " This he ...
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... writer . For instance , if it should be now predicted that London is , at a future day , to be destroyed by the French , it would not be a miraculous fulfilment of the pre- diction , if , some centuries hence , that city should be ...
... writer . For instance , if it should be now predicted that London is , at a future day , to be destroyed by the French , it would not be a miraculous fulfilment of the pre- diction , if , some centuries hence , that city should be ...
Page xiv
... writer of the prediction , after the utmost allowance is made for figurative language , plainly supposed that Babylon would be totally destroyed by the Medes under Cyrus . Now the destruction of that great city has taken place . So far ...
... writer of the prediction , after the utmost allowance is made for figurative language , plainly supposed that Babylon would be totally destroyed by the Medes under Cyrus . Now the destruction of that great city has taken place . So far ...
Page xv
... writer when he made it . His prediction is of the utter destruction of the city by the Medes under Cyrus ; of the putting most of the inhabitants to the sword , and of the captivity of others . So that , supposing the prediction to have ...
... writer when he made it . His prediction is of the utter destruction of the city by the Medes under Cyrus ; of the putting most of the inhabitants to the sword , and of the captivity of others . So that , supposing the prediction to have ...
Page xvii
... writer . It rests on the prediction of Ezekiel alone . But a later oracle of the same prophet , xxix . 18 , shows that the attempt to subdue it failed . " ( Heeren , Vol . II . p . 11. ) The sub- sequent prediction in Ezekiel to which ...
... writer . It rests on the prediction of Ezekiel alone . But a later oracle of the same prophet , xxix . 18 , shows that the attempt to subdue it failed . " ( Heeren , Vol . II . p . 11. ) The sub- sequent prediction in Ezekiel to which ...
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Ahaz allegorical Amos Babylon beasts Behold bring calamity called captivity Chaldĉans Christ cometh Comp darkness deliverance denote desolation destroy destruction devour Divine dwell earth Edom Egypt enemies Ephraim Ethiopia evil Ezek fire fruit fulfil gather Gesenius glorious glory hand hear heart heavens Hebrew Hezekiah holy house of Israel idols images inhabitants iniquity Isaiah Jacob Jehovah hath Jehovah of hosts Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jewish nation Jews Judah king of Assyria kingdom land locusts Lord Jehovah meaning Medes Messiah midst mighty Moab moral mountains Nineveh Old Testament oppression passage peace plunder predictions princes prophecy prophets prosperity punishment regard religious represented righteousness saith Jehovah saith the Lord salvation Samaria sense servant Servant of God shame Shebna sons spirit supposed sword Tarshish thee thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt tion transgressions truth verse wine word of Jehovah Zion
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Page xxviii - Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page viii - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Page 161 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page lxxxiv - For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist : but he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.
Page 166 - And I looked, and there was none to help; And I wondered that there was none to uphold : Therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; And my fury, it upheld me.
Page 121 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page lx - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not ; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
Page 109 - And the inhabitant shall not say, " I am sick : " the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Page lxxxvii - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a riming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 117 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.