 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit...  Curiosities of Natural History - Page 285de Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1859 - 423 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Warder Cresson - 1844 - 172 pages
...desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light ? even... | |
 | 1864 - 940 pages
...doubt a common serpent is referred to. In the last it is associated with the lion and the bear : " If a man did flee from a lion and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his head on the wall, and a serpent bit him." The passage in Genesis introduces us both to the true reptile,... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1844 - 662 pages
..." calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth." As if a man went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. — Verse 19. How extremely natural is this ! for serpents love to dwell in old walls : there they... | |
 | 626 pages
...turn war into peace ; the word of God is a sword, war, ruin, offence, poison ; and, as Amos says, ' as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him,' so does he advance towards the sons of Ephraim. Your writings are more dangerous than mine, because... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 352 pages
...frequently find a shelter in them. To this the prophet alludes where he says, "As if a man went into his house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him," Amos v. 19. It is said in the Gospels, that our Lord's disciples prepared an "upper room" in which they might celebrate... | |
 | William Jackson - 1847 - 422 pages
...renounce all. Death is as certain from one, as from all. To flee from one, and not from another, is, " as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." No sin may be spared, though it be a little one ; no truth rejected, though it be a mysterious one... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 580 pages
...Oh ! the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light to you. Wherever you go, you are a lost soul: " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." Oh, brethren! ye are men — ye have reason — will ye not flee from the wrath to come ? Will these... | |
 | William Wollaston Pym - 1847 - 476 pages
...desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light ? even very dark, and no brightness in it... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 532 pages
...Oh ! the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light to you. Wherever you go, you are a lost soul : " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." Oh, brethren ! ye are men, ye have reason, will ye not flee from the wrath to come ? Will these wasting... | |
 | Retrospect - 1847 - 374 pages
...desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light ? even very dark, and no brightness in it."... | |
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