 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
 | 1831 - 676 pages
...Ami he said, I have been very jealous foi llie LORD God of hosts: for the children of Is f ;*]•! have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the awnrd ; and I, even 1 only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 Ami he said, Go forth,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 pages
...entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord...only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. THE history of all the saints of old sufficiently proves, that there is no such thing as sinless perfection... | |
 | 1889 - 1360 pages
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 | William Wollaston Pym - Gifts, Spiritual - 1832 - 154 pages
...grace," and upon that remnant, smaller even than in the prophet's time when he mournfully exclaimed, " I even I only am left, and they seek my life to take it away," the gifts were bestowed; and the very bestowal of them was one appointed instrument of increasing the... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 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... | |
 | William Phelan - 1832 - 378 pages
...compares himself to Elijah ; — ' when the Lord came to him and said, ' what dost 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, and thrown down thine altars, and slain thy... | |
 | Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis - Religion - 1996 - 678 pages
...for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." (i Kings 19:8-10) While Elijah was fed miraculously with material nourishment, Jesus' food is "to do... | |
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