And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Page 6891863Full view - About this book
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1839 - 618 pages
...and below these dark waters are the sites, perhaps the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah, such as " when the smoke of the country went up, as the smoke of a furnace." There is a tale, that nothing living, not even a bird, can ever cross this sea. But there is no need... | |
| Thomas Wemyss - Bible - 1840 - 536 pages
...smoke is for most part the adjunct of war and destruction. See Gen. xix. '28, " And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Also Josh. viii. 20 ; Judges xx. 40 ; Ps. xxxvii. 20; and Isaiah xiv. 31, " From the north there cometh... | |
| THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 pages
...smoke is for most part the adjunct of war and destruction. See Gen. xix. 28, " And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Also Josh. viii. 20 ; Judges xx. 40 ; Ps. xxxvii. 20 ; and Isaiah xiv. 31, " From the north there cometh... | |
| John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...salt. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : "id he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the...of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the r untry went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to yais, when God destroyed the cities of the... | |
| John Phillips - Religion - 2001 - 390 pages
...(19:27-29). "And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Abraham had lost nothing. He had not even lost a night's sleep. He stood there on hallowed ground,... | |
| Victor Brombert - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 196 pages
...harkens back to the Bible. He quotes, probably repeating words quoted by a preacher: "Isn't it written, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace?" Talk of fire and brimstone and of terrible voices speaking to him lead to the Doctor's smug diagnosis... | |
| James K. Bruckner - Religion - 2002 - 266 pages
...Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD; 2X and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the Plain and saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of a furnace. 29 So it was that, when God destroyed... | |
| Daniel R. Jenkins - Religion - 2003 - 90 pages
...behavior. It is immoral. One has only to read Genesis 19: 28-29 to find out how God views it, "And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent... | |
| Henry E. Meredith - Religion - 2003 - 674 pages
...used in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah during the time of Abraham. "And he looked toward Sodorn and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain,...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace" (Genesis 19:28). We are told that the smoke that comes from the bottomless pit is so dense that the... | |
| Robert Rayner - Fiction - 2003 - 194 pages
..."Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of Heaven, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Amazed by their insouciance, we paused to stare. Sonny threw aside his bucket and set off toward them,... | |
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