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... should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for him . Now , before this time , even in the sixth day , the Lord had thus de- termined , concerning man ; It is neither so comfortable an estate , nor fit for the natural propagation of ...
... should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for him . Now , before this time , even in the sixth day , the Lord had thus de- termined , concerning man ; It is neither so comfortable an estate , nor fit for the natural propagation of ...
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affliction altar amongst Assyrian Babylon Bashan beasts Behold blessed blood bring captivity cast cause Chaldeans Chemosh children of Israel Church comfort doth earth Edom Egypt enemies evil eyes father fear fire flesh fruit give glorious glory God's gracious hand hath heart heaven Heshbon holy idolatry iniquity Jerusalem Judah Judea judgment king king of Babylon land Lebanon LORD hath mercy mighty Moab mountains mouth nations Nebuchadnezzar offer Pharaoh Philistines priest princes prophets righteous saith the LORD Saviour seed servant shalt thou Shechem shew sins sorrow soul spirit sure Syria tabernacle thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself tree tribe of Ephraim unto thee utterly verse VIII waters wherein wicked wickedness wilt wisdom wise wont word XLIX XXII XXIII XXIV XXXI XXXII yourselves Zedekiah Zion
Popular passages
Page 537 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Page 291 - Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Page 357 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 372 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 24 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 368 - So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Page 9 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 8 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Page 32 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 507 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.