Jeremiah and Lamentations: A New Translation, with Notes Critical, Philological, and ExplanatoryOliphant & Balfour, 1810 - 524 pages |
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... Surely of a long time thou hast broken thy yoke , Thou hast burst thy bands , and hast said , I will not be in subjection : For upon every high hill , And under every green tree , Will I prostitute myself , playing the harlot . 21 And ...
... Surely of a long time thou hast broken thy yoke , Thou hast burst thy bands , and hast said , I will not be in subjection : For upon every high hill , And under every green tree , Will I prostitute myself , playing the harlot . 21 And ...
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... Surely they have turned unto me the back , and not the face ; But in the time of their trouble they will say , Arise , and save us . 28 But where are thy gods , whom thou hast made for thyself ? Let them arise , if they can save thee in ...
... Surely they have turned unto me the back , and not the face ; But in the time of their trouble they will say , Arise , and save us . 28 But where are thy gods , whom thou hast made for thyself ? Let them arise , if they can save thee in ...
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... Surely his wrath shall turn from me . Behold I will enter into judgment with thee , Because thou sayest , I have not sinned . 36 Why wilt thou make thyself exceedingly vile , In repeating over again thy ways ? By means of Egypt also ...
... Surely his wrath shall turn from me . Behold I will enter into judgment with thee , Because thou sayest , I have not sinned . 36 Why wilt thou make thyself exceedingly vile , In repeating over again thy ways ? By means of Egypt also ...
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... Surely as a wicked woman breaketh her faith ; So have ye broken your faith towards me , O house of Israel , saith JEHOVAH . 21 A voice hath been heard upon the plains , Weeping and supplications of the children of Is- rael ; Because ...
... Surely as a wicked woman breaketh her faith ; So have ye broken your faith towards me , O house of Israel , saith JEHOVAH . 21 A voice hath been heard upon the plains , Weeping and supplications of the children of Is- rael ; Because ...
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... Surely hills are lies , the tumult of mountains ; 24 25 1 Surely in JEHOVAH our God is the salvation of Israel . But that thing of shame hath devoured the sub- stance of our fathers from our youth ; Their sheep , and their oxen , Their ...
... Surely hills are lies , the tumult of mountains ; 24 25 1 Surely in JEHOVAH our God is the salvation of Israel . But that thing of shame hath devoured the sub- stance of our fathers from our youth ; Their sheep , and their oxen , Their ...
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according Ahikam ancient versions Baruch Behold called captivity cause Chald Chaldeans CHAP Chapter concerning covenant daughter denote desolation Deut dwell Editions read Edom Egypt enemies evil expressed Ezek fathers four Editions four MSS gate God's hand hearkened heart Hebrew Heshbon house of JEHOVAH HOVAH Ibid inhabitants Isai Israel Jaazer Jeconiah Jehoiakim JEHOVAH hath JEHOVAH of hosts Jeremiah Jerusalem Jews Josephus Kareah king of Babylon king of Judah Masora Masoretes means Moab nations Nebuchadnezzar Nebuzaradan Nethaniah Note on Ch omit Pashur passage perhaps person plural preter priests princes properly signifies prophecy prophet reign render saith JEHOVAH seems sense shew Sion speak spoken supposed Surely sword temple thine thing thou hast thou shalt three Editions three MSS tion translation twenty unto thee verb Vulg Vulgate wickedness word of JEHOVAH xxiii Zedekiah
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Page 309 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Page 309 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Page 47 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Page 231 - And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Page 51 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 294 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 210 - LET us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Page 297 - When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Page 81 - I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
Page 78 - I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.