 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2971848Full view - About this book
 | General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America - 1842 - 408 pages
...upon the circle | of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof | are as grasshoppers ; 4. That stretcheth out the heavens | as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a | tent to dwell in : 6. That bringeth the | princes to nothing ; 4He maketh the judges of the |earth as vanity. 6. Yea,... | |
 | 1842 - 440 pages
...sitteth upon the circles of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." The religious meditations of the patriarchs and apostles were associated with the scenes of nature.... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1846 - 632 pages
...upon the circle of the earth, and all the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." Is. xl. 22. " Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their... | |
 | 1843 - 542 pages
...the heavens, and the inhabitants of the earth are as grasshoppers, (Isai. xlii. 22.) that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. There is a delay — and this it is that manifests the grandeur of his attributes. And bow strongly... | |
 | John Pye Smith - 1843 - 576 pages
...surface extended on all sides ; or, as it is more fully expressed in the Book of Isaiah ; " He stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in."* By " the empty place" (tohu, a word applied to any thing supposed to be waste and deserted,^) appears... | |
 | 1874 - 590 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshopers, that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in," ver. 22. The Holy Ghost is Omniscient. " For the Spirit searcheth all things ; yea, the deep things... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers > That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell IB : That bringeth the princes to nothing. [Jeremiah x. 10.] 4. But the Lord is the true God, He is... | |
 | L. Giustiniani - 1843 - 292 pages
...heaven, do bless and praise you iniinitely for you are the great Mediatrix The Bible. that stretched out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell. That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity,"3 &c. "Whatsoever... | |
 | 1848 - 640 pages
...compel him to acknowledge that the atmosphere was not selfcreated, but was made by Him " who stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out...in ?" Is there any one who can resist exclaiming, " O Lord ! how manifold are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all?" To utter some such exclamation... | |
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