 Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot...  Lowe's Edinburgh magazine - Page 4621847Full view - About this book
 | William Ashmead - Sermons, American - 1830 - 522 pages
...close of the book of Jonah : " And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left ?" There are otier passages of the Old Testament, in which much tender regard is expressed for... | |
 | Josiah Brewer - Istanbul (Turkey) - 1830 - 408 pages
...melted away into one indistinct view. Alas ! for thee, thou Nineveh of the west ! Thou too hast thy six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left. But will thy proud monarch arise from his throne, and lay aside his robe, and cover himself with... | |
 | Lucy Barton - Bible stories, English - 1831 - 188 pages
...night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that. great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?" This story proves to us that the Almighty is slow to be angry with... | |
 | Robert Blakey - Free will and determinism - 1831 - 240 pages
...punisliment and voluntary agency. " And shall not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left ; and also much cattle."* The sole reason assigned here for not destroying the inhabitants of... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...all his works. Pi. cxlv. 9. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and alto much cattle .' J»imli iv. 11. 11 I will establish, Sec.] I will not again curse... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...and perished in a night : 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle ? BC 827. 2 CHRONICLES, xxv. 5 IT Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 598 pages
...night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left band; and also much cattle ? " The margin reads, " Sparest the gourd," the meaning obviously is... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Child rearing - 1834 - 442 pages
...night, and perished in a night : and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle ? " Here was a man, who had been sent by the Lord God of the Hebrews,... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 456 pages
...with his vindictive prophet : " Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?" Least of all ought we to wish that any part of the British forces... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - Bible - 1835 - 302 pages
...night, and perished in a night ; and should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left 1" The reproof appears to have produced its desired effect even upon Jonah, and he acknowledged... | |
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