 | Religion - 1834 - 498 pages
...God, yet God has no need of it — and hence the pertinency of the prophet's interrogatories, — " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand! of rivers of oil ? Shall I give the first-born for my transgressions ; the fruit... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 598 pages
...it, Micah vi. 6, 7, 8. " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high Godr shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with...with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firsthorn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed thee,... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - America - 1835 - 1298 pages
...employs to mitigate the rage of its false gods, Wherewith, says he, sliall I come before the Lard, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before...thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?\\ — To da justly, to love mercy,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 546 pages
...Balaam, the son of Beor of Mesopotamia, and calling on him to come and curse his enemies, exclaimed, " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil ? Shall 1 give my first-born for my transgressions, the fruit of my... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1835 - 558 pages
...mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings." (Mic. vi. 7.) " Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten...fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good : and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and love... | |
 | Henry Joseph Monck Mason - 1836 - 168 pages
...We find the following striking passage, also, in the book of the Prophet Micah, (vi. 6, &c.) — " Wherewith shall I come before " the Lord, and bow...fruit of my body for the sin of " my soul ? He hath shewed thee oh man! what " is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, " but to do justly, and... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1836 - 776 pages
...distressing uncertainty which perturb the mind in such circumstances — "Wherewithal shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Shall...with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give ray first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" Mic. vi. 6. On a... | |
 | 1836 - 592 pages
...knowledge of GOD, more than burnt-offerings." Micah vi. 7, 8. " Will the LORD be pleased wilh ihousandsof rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall...? He hath showed thee, O man, -what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - Reformed Church - 1836 - 454 pages
...ward off the blows of justice by covering herself with superstitious practices. She did not say, " t(1 : with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body... | |
 | William HOWELS - 1836 - 556 pages
...high God?" says one of old : it is a most interesting question ; he then dwells upon a sacrifice, " shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with...thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ? " Micah vi. 6, 7, but he finds... | |
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Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give... 
