| Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 pages
...Rendering the former, by His might, An army for His cause to fight. 132 THE FAMINE OF THE WORD, '• Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will...for water. but of hearing the words of the Lord." — Amos, viii. 11. O LORD, avert from us this day Of famine's fiercest strife; And take not from our... | |
| William Bullock (of Halifax, N.S.) - 1826 - 218 pages
...famine of the word of God," such as the prophet Amos foretold nearly eight hundred years before — Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will...famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.* Long since we have seen the accomplishment of this... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...and the end thereof as a bitter day. 1 1 f Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I •wiU send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread,...thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lo RD : 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - 1826 - 706 pages
...on Christianity, but on the want of it. 28 12.) Behold, the days come, suit h the Lord God, that f will send a famine in the land : not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water ; but of hearing the word of the Lord: and they shall wander from sta to sea, and from the north, even to the east ; they... | |
| 1841 - 440 pages
...possibly come into the house of the Lord : so there shall be a famine indeed, in the midst of the Lord's land ; " not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." Wishing you prosperity in your valuable periodical, I remain, dear Sir, unworthily yours, WCP Ripley,... | |
| 1826 - 478 pages
...solitary forests, and wandering about, in painful destitution of the word of God : For we are told, that " they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east," experiencing " a famine, not of bread, or of water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." (Mic. vii.... | |
| 1827 - 516 pages
...every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will...for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." Accordingly we shall find, that after seventy weeks, abbreviated, and the righteousness of the ages... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 522 pages
...will turn your feasts into mourning, anil all your songs into lamentation. ' —Behold the day oometh, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land ; not a famine of bread, not a thirst of water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. And they shall wander from sea to sea,... | |
| Portier - 1828 - 528 pages
...is his name. 8. 8. Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwell therein? 11. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I...thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. 9. 5. The Lord God of Hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt. 6. And hath founded his... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1828 - 484 pages
...of that which is literal, but of that which is allegorical. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send a famine in the land: not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord '. Yet, although such should be the condition of the Greek... | |
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