| Ebenezer Edson Cummings - Baptists - 1836 - 66 pages
...of which we are now speaking, our beloved Zion seemed to hear the voice of her Lord saying to her, "Enlarge the place of thy tent and let them stretch forth the curtain of thy habitation. Spare not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes, for thou shall... | |
| Avi Erlich - Religion - 2010 - 298 pages
...Prophet has God himself draw on the history of Noah, giving the idea of history its ultimate provenance: Enlarge the place of thy tent, And let them stretch...curtains of thy habitations, spare not; Lengthen thy cord, and strengthen thy stakes. . . . In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment; but... | |
| C. Mark Hamilton - Architecture - 1995 - 352 pages
...to stakes. Thus Isaiah, envisioning the latter-day glory of Israel, gathered to her restored Zion: "Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth... | |
| John F. A. Sawyer - Religion - 1996 - 336 pages
...title Expect great things from God; Attempt great things for God. His text came from Isaiah 54:2-3: 'Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine inhabitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. For thou shalt break... | |
| Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett - Bibles - 1998 - 1828 pages
...forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 hou darest not open thy mouth. 25 Thou shalt entertain, left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 4 Fear... | |
| Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - History - 1998 - 1284 pages
...child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. ll nations shall come.""8 We note that one part of this prophecy has alre thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou 74 Is. 52,13ff.... | |
| Laurie Lisle - Health & Fitness - 1999 - 292 pages
...child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth... | |
| Anne Labastille - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 260 pages
...unresolved. Yet I was determined to go. The words of Isaiah (54:2-3) came to mind and supported my decision: "Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt break forth... | |
| Kelley Varner - Religion - 2001 - 288 pages
...child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth... | |
| Edwin Brown Firmage, Richard Collin Mangrum - Law - 2001 - 480 pages
...outlying "stakes, for the curtains are the strength of Zion." He took literally Yahweh's words to Isaiah, "[e]nlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations; spare not, lengthen the cord, and strengthen thy stakes" (Isa. 54:2; D&C 82:14).... | |
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