Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion: Derived from the Literal Fulfillment of Prophecy: Particularly as Illustrated by the History of the Jews, and by the Discoveries of Recent TravellersHarper & brothers, 1836 - 284 pages |
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... siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee ; so that the man that is ten- der among you and very delicate , his eye shall be evil toward his brother , and toward the wife of his bosom , and toward the ...
... siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee ; so that the man that is ten- der among you and very delicate , his eye shall be evil toward his brother , and toward the wife of his bosom , and toward the ...
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... siege and in the straitness wherewith their enemies distressed them , —the unparalleled inhuman com- pact between the two women of Samaria ; the bitter lamentation of Jeremiah over the miseries of the siege which he witnessed , - " The ...
... siege and in the straitness wherewith their enemies distressed them , —the unparalleled inhuman com- pact between the two women of Samaria ; the bitter lamentation of Jeremiah over the miseries of the siege which he witnessed , - " The ...
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... siege are all related by Josephus , and form a detail of miseries that admit not of exaggeration ; and which he repeatedly declares , in terms that entirely accord with the language of prophecy , are altogether unequalled in the history ...
... siege are all related by Josephus , and form a detail of miseries that admit not of exaggeration ; and which he repeatedly declares , in terms that entirely accord with the language of prophecy , are altogether unequalled in the history ...
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... siege . Three towers and the remnant of a wall alone stood , the monument and memorial of Jerusalem ; and the city was afterward ploughed over by Terentius Rufus . In the siege , and in the previous and subsequent destruction of the ...
... siege . Three towers and the remnant of a wall alone stood , the monument and memorial of Jerusalem ; and the city was afterward ploughed over by Terentius Rufus . In the siege , and in the previous and subsequent destruction of the ...
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... siege . The army with which he soon afterward overthrew the Persian empire having there , as well as at Tyre , been checked or delayed in the first flush of conquest , and he himself having been twice wounded in desperate attempts to ...
... siege . The army with which he soon afterward overthrew the Persian empire having there , as well as at Tyre , been checked or delayed in the first flush of conquest , and he himself having been twice wounded in desperate attempts to ...
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Page 41 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 38 - Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Page 67 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 51 - The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand...
Page 230 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 258 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Page 65 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest...
Page 269 - Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Page 40 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Page 281 - I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance ; that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.