 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1877 - 468 pages
...gathered from the spoiled nations. He accuses her of abominable idolatry, under the similitude of " a well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts,...selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families 0 Lowth's Prelect, xxi. f " Nineveh and its Remains." London, 1849. THE PREDICTED DOOM. 125 through... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1879 - 622 pages
...considered as among the foremost of the Asiatic races. They ' See Diod. Sic. il 21, § 2. 1 Nahum iii. 4 : " Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured...nations through her whoredoms, and families through her wichcrafts, Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord." Idolatry is probably the " whoredom " here... | |
 | Daniel Denison Whedon - 1880 - 604 pages
...upon the face of the earth ; ' aud in Nahum iii, 4, to Nineveh, which is called the 'well favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth...whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.' " And here, we note, it appears that Israel, though a corrupt Church, was still a true Church, and... | |
 | Daniel Denison Whedon - 1880 - 508 pages
...upon the face of the earth ; ' and in Nahum iii, 4, to Nineveh, which is called the 'well favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth...whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.' " And here, we note, it appears that Israel, though a corrupt Church, waa still a true Church, and... | |
 | L. N. R. - 1880 - 614 pages
...hid."— NAH. iii. 11. But they had yet to come forth and prove the truth of another threatening — " I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will show the nations and the kingdoms thy shatue. J will set thee as a gnzing-stobki" And to confirm another... | |
 | Nineveh - 1881 - 136 pages
...place thereof ; . . . . He will make an utter end : affliction shall not rise up the second time." " Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, . . . and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard." " Thy crowned... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1885 - 782 pages
...Sic. 11. 21, g 2. 87 Nahum ill. 4: " Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth...witchcrafts, Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord." Idolatry is probably the " whoredom " here intended. s» Jonah ill. 8. »» Nahum iii. 1. « Ibid.... | |
 | 1885 - 558 pages
...they stumble upon their corpses : because of the 4 multitude of the whoredoms of the well favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth...families through her witchcrafts. Behold, I am against 5 thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will discover thy skirts 'upon thy face; and I will shew the... | |
 | 1885 - 554 pages
...they stumble upon their corpses : because of the 4 multitude of the whoredoms of the well favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth...families through her witchcrafts. Behold, I am against 5 thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will discover 3 thy skirts 'upon thy face ; and I will shew... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1885 - 426 pages
...personifications of Pleasure and Lust. The knowledge of these facts add point to the bitter curse of the prophet, "Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts" (Nahum iii. 4). The trade of Nineveh, which was very great, is amply illustrated by the large collection... | |
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Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 
