The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form, Volume 10Richard Green Moulton Macmillan, 1898 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page vii
... become lovely pictures which we dwell upon for their own sake . But Isaiah goes far beyond this : he is essentially a creative writer , and regularly conveys his thought in indirect forms of dramatic presentation . And I would suggest ...
... become lovely pictures which we dwell upon for their own sake . But Isaiah goes far beyond this : he is essentially a creative writer , and regularly conveys his thought in indirect forms of dramatic presentation . And I would suggest ...
Page viii
... becomes the Prophetic Spectator . Not infrequently ' Voices , ' ' Cries , ' with no more of personality than these words imply , carry on some part of the movement . Monologue is made to do the work of dramatic dialogue ; especially ...
... becomes the Prophetic Spectator . Not infrequently ' Voices , ' ' Cries , ' with no more of personality than these words imply , carry on some part of the movement . Monologue is made to do the work of dramatic dialogue ; especially ...
Page xiii
... in a refuge of lies , a covenant with death , which will be swept away by the overflowing scourge that is to pass through ; the Divine vision has become a closed book , which the ignorant will not read because xiii Introduction.
... in a refuge of lies , a covenant with death , which will be swept away by the overflowing scourge that is to pass through ; the Divine vision has become a closed book , which the ignorant will not read because xiii Introduction.
Page xiv
... become like Sodom and Gomorrah , a desert where not even the Arab wanderer will harbour , but doleful creatures will inhabit there and satyrs dance on its ruins : the morning star falls , and the underworld moves to meet him , peering ...
... become like Sodom and Gomorrah , a desert where not even the Arab wanderer will harbour , but doleful creatures will inhabit there and satyrs dance on its ruins : the morning star falls , and the underworld moves to meet him , peering ...
Page xv
... becomes as the light of the sun , and the light of the sun increases sevenfold ; songs of victory abound as in the night when a holy feast is kept , while every stroke of the appointed staff laid on Assyria is with tabrets and harps and ...
... becomes as the light of the sun , and the light of the sun increases sevenfold ; songs of victory abound as in the night when a holy feast is kept , while every stroke of the appointed staff laid on Assyria is with tabrets and harps and ...
Other editions - View all
The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works From the Sacred Scriptures ... Richard Green Moulton No preview available - 2023 |
The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures ... Richard Green Moulton No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
Ahaz ashamed Babylon Behold Book bring brought called chapter cometh desolate destruction discourse Divine Doom doth dramatic dwell earth Edom Egypt Ephraim Ethiopia everlasting exalted eyes familiar spirits fire gathered glory graven image hand hear heard Hearken heart heavens Hebrew Hezekiah holy mountain idols Immanuel inhabitants iniquity Isaiah Israel Jacob JEHOVAH'S SERVANT Jerusalem Judah judgment king of Assyria Kittim land lift literary LORD of hosts Maher-shalal-hash-baz maketh midst mighty Moab mouth nations pass peace Philistia prose Rabshakeh rejoice remnant rhapsody righteousness saith the LORD salvation Samaria seed Sennacherib Servant of Jehovah Shebna shewed Sibmah singing song soul spirit sword Syria Tarshish thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought tion tree unto the LORD unto thee verse vineyard Vision VOICE OF PROPHECY waste Watchmen waters whole wilderness word Zion Redeemed
Popular passages
Page 153 - Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
Page 185 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 85 - He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly ; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil ; he shall dwell on high : his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks : bread shall be given him ; his waters shall be sure.
Page 110 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, And all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . Because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: Surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: But the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 120 - Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee ; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 147 - AWAKE, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: For henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Page 167 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from far, Their silver and their gold with them, Unto the name of the Lord thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 118 - Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein ; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Page 175 - I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Page 9 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.