Popular Commentary of the Bible: The poetical and the prophetical booksConcordia Publishing House, 1924 |
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... stand by one who is in misery and distress , lest he give way entirely to de- spair and forsake the Lord . V. 15. My breth- ren have dealt deceitfully as a brook , false and treacherous as a torrent , as an arroyo in the wilderness ...
... stand by one who is in misery and distress , lest he give way entirely to de- spair and forsake the Lord . V. 15. My breth- ren have dealt deceitfully as a brook , false and treacherous as a torrent , as an arroyo in the wilderness ...
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... stand ; he shall hold it fast , as he feels it collapsing beneath his weight , but it shall not endure , it will tumble into ruins with all his hopes . There follows another picture of the uncertainty of the godless person's trust . V ...
... stand ; he shall hold it fast , as he feels it collapsing beneath his weight , but it shall not endure , it will tumble into ruins with all his hopes . There follows another picture of the uncertainty of the godless person's trust . V ...
Page 13
... stand . V. 12. Behold , He taketh away , snatching away His victim and all the spoil He chooses to take ; who can hinder Him , holding Him back from His course , placing hindrances in His way ? Who will say unto Him , What doest Thou ...
... stand . V. 12. Behold , He taketh away , snatching away His victim and all the spoil He chooses to take ; who can hinder Him , holding Him back from His course , placing hindrances in His way ? Who will say unto Him , What doest Thou ...
Page 19
... standing forth boldly to maintain his cause . V. 21. Withdraw Thine hand far from me , keeping from Job the heavy ... stand trial ; or let me speak , and answer Thou me , for Job in- tended to maintain the justice of his cause . V. 23 ...
... standing forth boldly to maintain his cause . V. 21. Withdraw Thine hand far from me , keeping from Job the heavy ... stand trial ; or let me speak , and answer Thou me , for Job in- tended to maintain the justice of his cause . V. 23 ...
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... stand on , and they raise up against me the ways of their de- struction , besieging him on all sides , making him the object of their assaults . V. 13. They mar my path , tearing it down , making it impassable ; they set forward my ...
... stand on , and they raise up against me the ways of their de- struction , besieging him on all sides , making him the object of their assaults . V. 13. They mar my path , tearing it down , making it impassable ; they set forward my ...
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affliction Ahikam anger Assyria Babylon Behold believers blessings bring captivity cause Chaldeans chap CHAPTER children of Israel Christ Church covenant David death deliver deliverance destruction divine dwell earth Edom Egypt Eliphaz enemies eternal evil eyes faith fear foolish forever fulness give glory God's grace hand hath heart heathen heaven holy honor idolatry idols Idumea iniquity Israel Jehoiakim Jehovah Jeremiah Jerusalem Jews Job's Judah judgment king king of Assyria king of Babylon kingdom land literally Lord of hosts Lord's ment mercy Messiah midst mighty Moab mouth nations Nebuchadnezzar ness praise prayer proper prophecy prophet psalm punishment righteousness rulers saith the Lord salvation Selah servant sins song of degrees soul spirit strength thereof thine things Thou hast thou shalt tion true trust truth unto thee voice wicked wickedness wisdom Word worship wrath Zedekiah Zion
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Page 312 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 372 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 181 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 61 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 20 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 415 - Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Page 352 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 210 - He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 148 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 355 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law.