A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Volume 5S. Etheridge, 1805 - Bible |
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Page 301
... thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem , that is , thou hast permitted it to be done , hast suffered the false prophets to deceive them by strong delu- sions , saying , Ye shall have peace ; whereas JEREMIAH . IV . 301.
... thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem , that is , thou hast permitted it to be done , hast suffered the false prophets to deceive them by strong delu- sions , saying , Ye shall have peace ; whereas JEREMIAH . IV . 301.
Page 302
... the confusion and calamities of the nation , as if the frame of nature was Five of their kings in succession were slain or deposed , in a few years . 27 destroyed , and the earth reduced to its original 302 JEREMIAH . IV .
... the confusion and calamities of the nation , as if the frame of nature was Five of their kings in succession were slain or deposed , in a few years . 27 destroyed , and the earth reduced to its original 302 JEREMIAH . IV .
Page 304
... Jeremiah , though he saw the desolation of Judah only by a spirit of prophecy , and did not know whether he should actually live to behold it , yet bitterly bewails it , but more especially the sins which occasioned it . Let us bewail ...
... Jeremiah , though he saw the desolation of Judah only by a spirit of prophecy , and did not know whether he should actually live to behold it , yet bitterly bewails it , but more especially the sins which occasioned it . Let us bewail ...
Page 305
... Jeremiah could not foresee that the Jews would not be swallowed up by their conquerors , as other nations were . VOL . V. PP 22 stupid as your idols : Fear ye not me JEREMIAH . V. 305.
... Jeremiah could not foresee that the Jews would not be swallowed up by their conquerors , as other nations were . VOL . V. PP 22 stupid as your idols : Fear ye not me JEREMIAH . V. 305.
Page 306
... Jeremiah in his day , and we in ours , find the poor ignorant and brutish ; many of them destitute of the means of in- struction ; others of them , for want of education , know not how to use and improve them . The rich , though they ...
... Jeremiah in his day , and we in ours , find the poor ignorant and brutish ; many of them destitute of the means of in- struction ; others of them , for want of education , know not how to use and improve them . The rich , though they ...
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Page 272 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 250 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Page 216 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 217 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 274 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 363 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 101 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 115 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 82 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 113 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.