 | 1862
...Elijah I" 2. Or the post of duty may have been abandoned in discouragement under a sense of failure. " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." The prophet's outlook was indeed dark. There seemed to be abundant grounds for despondency. We need... | |
 | 1844 - 444 pages
...impatience. Elijah sorrowed for the sin of his people — his burthen was the weight of national guilt: "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to VOL. xxiv. u take it away." For many long years Elijah had warned this rebellious nation — he had... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1845 - 196 pages
...came thither unto a cave, and lodged there, and behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, What dost thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous...life, to take it away. And he said, Go forth, and staud upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...speech. Elijah judged thus rashly; for, when asked by the Lord, " What doest thou here, Elijah ? " he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord G-od...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." He, however, was greatly mistaken ; for God said unto him, " I have left me seven thousand in Israel,... | |
 | 1852 - 896 pages
...prophet does not give a direct answer to the demand of God, but replies in justification of himself, " I have been very jealous, for the Lord God of hosts,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." He was then commanded to stand on the Mount before God, and the Almighty One passed by: " Who layeth... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1845 - 256 pages
...feelings of the prophet, when, in similar circumstances, he said, " I have been VERT JEALOUS for the Lord of Hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." Weaknesses or excesses are often mingled with the best and most pious feelings — the exercise of... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1845 - 552 pages
...word of the Lord came unto him, What dost thou here, Elijah! And he said, I have been rеry jealons for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel...and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, fo take it away. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the monnt before the Lord. And, behold, the... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 736 pages
...passionately resent, and bewail his case ? No ; for,/ have (said he) been very jealous for the Lord of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken...I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.1 What was the case of Jeremy ? 7 (saith he) was a derision to all my people, and their song all... | |
 | William Hodge Mill - 1845 - 520 pages
...and not revealed to His prophet before his earnest expostulation recorded in a subsequent chapter. " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...prophets with the sword : and I, even I only am left." But notwithstanding the untoward appearances that made him conceive himself the only faithful person... | |
 | Alexander Watson - 1845 - 612 pages
...already proved, that fear of man had driven him from the performance of his duty to GOD : " They have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I, even I only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." It may be thought that there is more of self-justification in these words, than well befits a servant... | |
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And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 
