 | 1807 - 570 pages
...not been told you from the beginning? have 'ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof arc as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain,, and spreadeth them out as a tent... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pages
...dust ; yea less than nothing, and vanity ;' ' seeing it ' is^He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and • spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' (Ch. xl. 10, &c.) •Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an ec• logue, in the smiling... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 pages
...above the circle of the earth, the inhabitants whereof are as grasshoppers before him ; who stretchetli out the heavens, as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in," Isaiah xl. 18, 22. Therefore when we address the heavenly Father, we must by all means do it with exalted... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...become* foolish." His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he " sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : AH nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance : He takes... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1810 - 184 pages
...small dust ; yea, less than nothing and vanity ;' seeing it is 'He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an eclogue, in the smiling images he gives us of peace... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 pages
...sitteth r>n the cir,le of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that spreadeth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tesu to- dwell in." There is perhaps nothing comparable to this in any heathen poet. But even this... | |
 | John Dick - 1811 - 302 pages
...him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity. It is he that sittefa upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out tl'ie heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; that bringeth the princes... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...all the gods of the nations are idols 5 but the Lord made the heavens. (m) God is greater than man. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. («) Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance... | |
 | Robert ROBINSON (Baptist Minister.) - 1812 - 366 pages
...cannot invent more than I can comprehend : but when he whose understanding is infinite; when he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; when he who doeth great things and unsearchable, yea and wonders without number ; when he who stretcheth... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 468 pages
...Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers." The prophet's design in describing the Deity •with so much magnificence is to discountenance idolatry,... | |
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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... 
