 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1845 - 358 pages
...the way ; because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon iill them for pood that seek him, but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. So we fasted. and besought our God for this ; and he was entreated of us. As a man loves gold, in that... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1845 - 688 pages
...and horsemen to defend us against the enemy by the way; because we had spoken unto therms, saying, ' The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him, but Ins power and his wrath is against all that forsake him.' " Their confidence was not in vain, for they... | |
 | William Bridge - 1845 - 484 pages
...soldiers and horsemen, to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, the hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him, and his wrath is against all them that forsake him." Now Ezra was a good man, a man that God did call... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1846 - 504 pages
...whom no company, no plantation can be complete,) sends for their supply ; and now fully furnished, he proclaims a fast in the way. I do not hear him say,...heathen man shall stumble at Ezra's fear : he can find more assurance in his fast, than in a Persian band : with a courageous reliance upon the hand of his... | |
 | William Warburton - 1846 - 524 pages
...and krtemen, to help us agamst the enemy in the way : because WE had ipoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that...and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.* But in these their expectations of the old estraordinary Providence, they were greatly deceived ; and... | |
 | Joseph Fletcher - 1847 - 650 pages
...and horseman to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that...and his wrath is against all them that forsake him." religion ; and will go, at present, no further than the instruments of their first reformation. The... | |
 | 1903 - 424 pages
...horsmen, to helpe us against the enemie in the way : because wee had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good, that seeke him, but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. So we fasted, and besought... | |
 | Henry Pereira Mendes - 1905 - 204 pages
...xxiii, 3. 178. Secret faults: Cleanse Thou me from secret faults. — Psalm xix, 12. 179. Seeking God: The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek Him. — Ezra viii, 22. 180. Self-control: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty ; and he that... | |
 | 1905 - 648 pages
...brings sorrow; hut all things work together for good. 32. 7. Esras Journey to Jerusalem.—Ezra 8:21"The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him." Here we have "seek" instead of "fear." Good again. "Hand" is power. We get power by seeking the favor... | |
 | 1906 - 692 pages
...trouble for the king if he permitted the Jews to continue the work. Then again, in I Ezra 8: 22 we read, «The hand of our God is upon all them for good that...his wrath is against all them that forsake him.» To sum up, it is the similarity in the names S. Alathero and S alathiel ; the correspondence of sentiment... | |
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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is... 
