Lectures on the Prophecies of Isaiah, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1794 - Bible |
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... verfe : I have alfo called my mighty ones for mine anger . The troops of Media and Perfia , who are here intended , were renowned for their valour and ftrength ; and , on thefe accounts , are celebrated by thofe who have delineated ...
... verfe : I have alfo called my mighty ones for mine anger . The troops of Media and Perfia , who are here intended , were renowned for their valour and ftrength ; and , on thefe accounts , are celebrated by thofe who have delineated ...
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... verfe .-- All hands fhall be faint , or fhall fall down , as the Hebrew word is tranflated in the margin . The expreffion is metaphorical ; and feems to allude to the effects arifing from a paralyti- cal diforder , through a relaxation ...
... verfe .-- All hands fhall be faint , or fhall fall down , as the Hebrew word is tranflated in the margin . The expreffion is metaphorical ; and feems to allude to the effects arifing from a paralyti- cal diforder , through a relaxation ...
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... verfe , the particular pe- riod wherein God had determined to exhibit himself present to the inhabitants of that city , by the awful judgments he would inflict , upon them , by means of thofe whom he employed to punish their wicked ...
... verfe , the particular pe- riod wherein God had determined to exhibit himself present to the inhabitants of that city , by the awful judgments he would inflict , upon them , by means of thofe whom he employed to punish their wicked ...
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... verfe , which I now proceed to ex- plain , and apply to the subject before us.The ftars of heaven may here denote the princes and nobles of Babylon , who made a very fplendid and brilliant appearance in the eyes of the people , the ...
... verfe , which I now proceed to ex- plain , and apply to the subject before us.The ftars of heaven may here denote the princes and nobles of Babylon , who made a very fplendid and brilliant appearance in the eyes of the people , the ...
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... verfe . The most atrocious wickednefs , of almoft every fort , abounded among the men of Babylon , who indulged themfelves in per- petrating the most enormous crimes , as we learn from many paffages of the prophetic writings . Like ...
... verfe . The most atrocious wickednefs , of almoft every fort , abounded among the men of Babylon , who indulged themfelves in per- petrating the most enormous crimes , as we learn from many paffages of the prophetic writings . Like ...
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Page 676 - And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Page 533 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little...
Page 654 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 227 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 44 - ... a land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Page 411 - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Page 661 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
Page 451 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 136 - The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters : but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Page 714 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; yea, for the king it is prepared ; he hath made it deep and large : the pile thereof is fire and much wood ; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.