 | Alexander Keith - 1844 - 492 pages
...the valley. Annexed to these words is the question concerning it, " How long wilt thou cut thyself, 0 thou sword of the Lord ; how long will it be ere thou be quiet 1 Put up thyself into thy scabbard ; rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, soeing the Lord hath... | |
 | Henry Melvill - 1844 - 584 pages
...excited, godliness is making way. And, therefore, we will not say, in the words of the prophet, " 0 thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet 1 put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still." We will rather say with the Psalmist to Messiah,... | |
 | J. Walker - 1846 - 352 pages
...xx. 25. h Ps. vii. 11, 12. 'Pa. xlv. 3. k Ps. cxlix. 6. The Sword of the Lord is filled with blood. 1 O thou Sword of the Lord, How long will it be ere thou be quiet 1 put up thyself into thy scabbard, Kest, and be still. — How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath... | |
 | Charles Theophilus Ewald Rhenius - 1846 - 526 pages
...is thy sting 1 O grave! where is thy victory, Ga-iuf^^et) waeetaib aSig/Bsu eg, u/T^frerr(pU)a..6sr O thou sword of the Lord! how long will it be ere thou be qtiietl put thyself up into thy scabbard, rest and be still! HOIK can it be quiet, seeing the Lord... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1847 - 336 pages
...he foresaw, he seems to shrink from his own message, and thus utters the feelings of his heart : ' O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard : rest, and be still.' Recollecting, however, that it was the 'sword of the LORD,' and that it had a special commission... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1847 - 466 pages
...Judges xiv. 19. " Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley : how long wilt thou cut thyself? O, thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1847 - 252 pages
...grave ! where is thy victory I'' The following is an instance of personification and apostrophe united: "O thou sword of the Lord! how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put thyself up into thy scabbard, rest and be still ! How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1848 - 584 pages
...waters passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high." (Hab. iii. 10.) " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still." (Jer. xlviL 6.) David uses personification most effectively, when, on hearing of the death... | |
 | Andrew Alexander Bonar, Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1849 - 604 pages
...1 Josh. xix. 1— 8. where are they now ? The answer is to be found in the words of Jeremiah, " Oh, thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou...quiet ? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the... | |
 | Arthur Crihfield - 1849 - 412 pages
...would be cutting a caper rather too frolicksome for a grave occasion. It is said in the Scriptures, " 0 thou sword of the Lord ! how long will it be ere thou...quiet ? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still." If the prophet Jeremiah coulti thus address himself to the sword of the Almighty, and reason... | |
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O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 
