 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
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...their God.— 2 Sam. vii. 23, 24. When Elijah had complained against Israel, and concluded, saying, And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life: God answered him, Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto... | |
 | Lutheran Church - 1829 - 424 pages
...abolished. We see what came to pass in the days of the prophet Elijah : he saith, 1 Kings xix. 14. "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away." But the Lord reproveth him, by telling him that he hath yet seven thousand in Israel, who have not... | |
 | Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1829 - 742 pages
...circumstances require. Elijab despondingly replied, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...sword ; and I, even I only, am left and they seek to take away my Kfe'." We are too apt, like Elijah, to yield to sinful discouragements, and to make... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - Providence and government of God - 1829 - 442 pages
...and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah ? 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... | |
 | Bible - 1829 - 1012 pages
...and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 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... | |
 | John Platts - Bible - 1833 - 504 pages
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 | Jean Calvin - 1830 - 210 pages
...abolished. We see what came to pass in the days of the prophet Elijah : he saith, 1 Kings xix. 14. "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." But the Lord reproveth him, by telling him that he hath yet seven thousand in Israel, who have not... | |
 | Francis Geach Crossman - 1830 - 366 pages
...should have been that of Elijah when he came before the Lord God of Hosts with this lamentation, " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...prophets with the sword, and I, even I, only am left." But God soon caused him to shake off this unbecoming spirit, by declaring, that he had not left himself... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1698 - 572 pages
...shall have better company than that which has forsaken you in the way of God. Elijah complains, " They have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword , and 1, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." 1 Kings, 19 : 10. But all this did... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 632 pages
...him and said, " What dost thou here, Elijah ?" and he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain the prophets, and I only am left, and they seek my life also." And after a wind, that tore the rocks,... | |
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