Life in Israel; Or Portraitures of Hebrew CharacterT. & T. Clark, 1857 - 372 pages |
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Aaron Abraham Adah afar Ahimaaz Aholiab altar answered Arbaces Azariah Babylon Balaam beauty behold beneath blessed bright Canaan captivity children of Israel court cubits Cyrus daughter David dwell dwelt earth Edom Egypt Eleazar Elishama encampment Esther exclaimed eyes face father Feast feet gates gladness glorious glory gold Hadassah Hagar hand heart heaven Hebrew Hebron Heman holy honour Israel Ithamar Jerusalem Jubal Judah king land lifted light lofty Lord hath maiden Mehetabel Miriam Moab Moses mother Mount Mount Hor mountains Nebuchadnezzar night Nitocris palace praise priest prince promise prophet queen Rebecca reign rejoicing replied royal sacred Sarah Sinai sister Smerdis Solomon song sons soul spake spirit stood strong tabernacle tears temple tent thereof thine things thou hast thou shalt thousand trembling tribe tribe of Judah unto thee voice walls waters wilderness wilt words young Zilpah Zion
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Page 293 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ! If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy...
Page 187 - O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Page 184 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 92 - And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 285 - 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 107 - I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 255 - Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment...
Page 193 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 221 - 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 193 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.