 | 1844 - 576 pages
...self-justification, of murmuring complaint: for he said; "I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." To this peevish complaint the answer is, " Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord." Then... | |
 | Robert Wilson Evans - Sermons, English - 1845 - 364 pages
...the wilderness. So he answers each time, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." In which words observe how his conscience, after all, lets out the true reason, though his heart will... | |
 | 1844 - 444 pages
...impatience. Elijah sorrowed for the sin of his people — his burthen was the weight of national guilt: "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to VOL. xxiv. u take it away." For many long years Elijah had warned this rebellious nation — he had... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pages
...entering in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah ? 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, •who...on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 25 How are of Damascus : and when thou comest, anoint Hazue) to be king over Syria : 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...What doest thou here, Elijah ? " he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord G-od of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." He, however, was greatly mistaken ; for God said unto him, " I have left me seven thousand in Israel,... | |
 | Jews - 1852 - 896 pages
...but replies in justification of himself, " I have been very jealous, for the Lord God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." He was then commanded to stand on the Mount before God, and the Almighty One passed by: " Who layeth... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 740 pages
...resent, and bewail his case ? No ; for, / have (said he) been very jealous for the Lard of hosts ; for 6 g l| 7 h / a ~ QW ? QVaXTpS 0 L... 3 Y u: =(- tS9ծ NЀӅ >F ; U >J away.1 What was the case of Jeremy ? / (saith he) was a derision to all my people, and their song all... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1845 - 552 pages
...What dost thou here, Elijah! And he said, I have been rеry jealons for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, fo take it away. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the monnt before the Lord. And, behold, the... | |
 | William Hodge Mill - Lenten sermons - 1845 - 520 pages
...and not revealed to His prophet before his earnest expostulation recorded in a subsequent chapter. " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...prophets with the sword : and I, even I only am left." But notwithstanding the untoward appearances that made him conceive himself the only faithful person... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1846 - 504 pages
...awfulness. Fear changes not the tenor of Elijah's answer : he hath not left a word behind him in the cave. " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts,...only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away/' I hear not a direct answer from the prophet to the demand of God ; then he had said, I run away from... | |
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I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life to take it away. 
