 I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for 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.  The Latter Days - Page 123by Mary Martha Sherwood - 1833 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christianity - 1808 - 604 pages
...answer is recorded by the unerring pen of inspiration, in 1 Kings, xix. 14, and deserves our notice. / have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts;...thine altars, and slain thy Prophets with the sword. Should the Great Jehovah deign to ask the reason of our meeting at this time, and to say to each of... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 578 pages
...Fear changes not the tenor of Elijah's answer. He hath not left one word behind him in the cave ; / have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts ; because the children of Israel have forsaken tliy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with •the word; and I, even I only,... | |
 | Eliza Hunt - 1808 - 138 pages
...and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said unto him, Wliat doest thou here^ Ely ah? ** And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...and behold the word of the Lord " came to him, and he said unto him, What « dost thou here, Elijahl And he said, I have " been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts; " for the children of Israel have forsaken thy co^ " venant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...behold, the word of the LOH D came to him, and he said unto him, What dpest thou here, Elijah ? 10 : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets... | |
 | Robert Morehead - Sermons, English - 1810 - 264 pages
...deserted for those of Baal. " I have been very jealous," says he, " for the Lord God of Hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...Prophets with the sword, and I, even I only am left.'" Now, the rise of idolatry and superstition may very naturally be traced to that disposition, so deeply... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 540 pages
...Elijah, when he complained to God against the Israelites, as having all followed idols, saying, 3 Lord, " The children of Israel " have forsaken thy covenant,...down thine altars, and " slain thy prophets with the sworda " and I, n'en I only, am left, and they " seek my Ufe to take it away." 1 Kings xix. 18. eignifies... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...behold, the WORD of the LOUD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah'? And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the LORD GOD of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - Judaism - 1812 - 520 pages
...the children of Israel have forsaken tky covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy pfophets with the sword, and I even I only am left; and they seek my life to take it away."* .; Having thus traced, in a concise manner, the moral history of the ten tribes, we shall now direct... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 462 pages
...cool his zeal. Observe Elijah, " J have been," said he, " 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," J Kings xix. 10. Behold good Eli, the frost of fourscore could not chill the ardour that inflamed him.... | |
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