| rev James Inglis - 1860 - 542 pages
...dwelleth in Zion. Amos 7.3. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord. Jonah 4.2. I knew dren of Israel. 39. I, even I, am he, and ••''.'••.. 11. Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that... | |
| 1860 - 430 pages
...hath before ordained that we should walk in them. — The temple of God is y, which temple ye are. Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,...of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. I beseech thee, let the power of mv Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The LOED... | |
| Robert G. Clouse - 1977 - 228 pages
...what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil." (4:1-2) Numerous other such warnings might be... | |
| Peter C. Craigie - 1984 - 260 pages
...what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil, therefore now, O Lord, take my life from me, I... | |
| J. Sidlow Baxter, James Sidlow Baxter - 1986 - 1848 pages
...was the capital. In chapter iv. 2, Jonah says to God: "Therefore I fled to Tarshish, because I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to...of great kindness, and repentest Thee of the evil." Nothing could be franker than that! — Jonah did not want God to spare Nineveh. Moreover, Jonah had... | |
| M. Conrad Hyers - 1987 - 148 pages
...what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil" (4:2). The opening words of verse 2 are taken directly... | |
| Herbert Lockyer - 1964 - 324 pages
...pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness" (Nehemiah 9:17). ". . . for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness" (Jonah 4:2). "But the God of all grace ..." (I Peter 5:10). Grace is unmerited favor... | |
| Barnabas Lindars - 1988 - 416 pages
...Joel 2: 13 and Jonah 4:2 and Joel 2:14 and Jonah 3:9. In Jonah 4:2 the prophet declares, ' for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil '. Of course, part of this quotation is attested... | |
| Sidney Greidanus - 1988 - 396 pages
...Nineveh shall be overthrown," blurts out: "That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil" (3:4 and 4:2; cf. 3:10). God's word of judgment... | |
| Pope John Paul I - 2001 - 292 pages
...complained: 'I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? . . . for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth thee of the. evil.' But with a nice sense of humour, though quite firmly,... | |
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