 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...countenance sad, seeing thou art not t sick ? this и nothing eue but sorrow of heart. Then 1 was very .-.ore Jericho. And the LORD showed him 2 all the land of...unto Dan, and all Nnphtali, and the land of Ephraim, sepulchres, Iktlt waste, and the 4 gates thereof are consumed with fire? Then the king said unto me.... | |
 | Joseph Hall, James Hamilton - 1838 - 644 pages
...all comfort, when we see Nehemiah so quick in the expressions of his sorrow to an uncertain ear ! " Let the king live for ever ! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof burnt with fire ?" Not without an humble preface doth... | |
 | Harvey Newcomb - 1838 - 136 pages
...appeared cheerful in the presence of the king ; but now he was sad ; and the king said to him, ' Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.' Then Nehemiah was afraid, and said to the king, 'why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the... | |
 | Edward Thompson - 1838 - 426 pages
...considered by later critics to have come within the meaning of Daniel. Nehemiah's words to Artaxerxes, " Why should not my countenance be sad? when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates tJiereof are consumed with fire" (ii. 3.) plainly show, that... | |
 | 1838 - 606 pages
...afflicted condition of his fallen country, as Nehemiah did at a subsequent period, when he exclaimed, "Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed by fire ;" but chiefly, that he might pay... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 738 pages
...it to him upon three fingers. — BORDER. CHAPTER II. Ver. 2. Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. When friends, servants, or acquaintances, have a request to make, or a secret to disclose, they walk... | |
 | James P. Miller - 1839 - 536 pages
...preached Christ. If Nehemiah had reason, when he took a view of the desolation of Jerusalem, to say, " Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?" much more reason have we to... | |
 | Henry Edward J. Howard (hon.) - 1840 - 340 pages
...asking him the reason, the queen also sitting by him at the table, he ventured to declare it, saying, " Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?"* It appears from... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 262 pages
...why is thy countenance sad ?" It was an appeal to the feelings of the king in common with his own : " Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?" (Nehemiah ii. 2, 3.) By many... | |
 | 1840 - 408 pages
...pollution, no people yielded to the Jews in respect and veneration for the sepulchres of their ancestors. " Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste?" was the reply of Nehemiah, when his royal master questioned him concerning... | |
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Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, and said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers... 
