 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit...  Life and Works: A Collection of Pamphlets - Page 124by Joanna Southcott - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Isaac P. Labagh - Bible - 1859 - 300 pages
...THE LORD ! To what end is it for you ? THE DAY OF THE LORD is darkness and not light ; as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. THE DAY OF THE LORD shall be very dark, and no brightness in it." The Prophet Obadiah says, verse 15,... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - Fishing - 1859 - 434 pages
...domicile. We find a passage in the prophet Amos that distinctly alludes to this fact : — " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." Amos v. 19. It is nearly certain that this is the snake which the ancients described under the name... | |
 | 1859 - 588 pages
...have persuaded themes of that, improved their prospects ? It is, " as if a man did flee from a lion, •a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and sfpent bit him." Although the language of Scripture were figurative, yet »ing, as it does, the utter... | |
 | rev James Inglis - 1861 - 550 pages
...harvest is ripe : come, get you down ; for the press is full, the fats overflow. Amos 5. 19. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light ? even very dark, and no brightness in... | |
 | rev James Inglis - 1860 - 542 pages
...ripe : come, get you down ; for the press is full, the fats overflow. Amos 5.19. As if a man did ftee ch thee for my son Onesimus. 18. If he hath wronged...oweth thee ought, put that on mine account. 1 Pet. 20. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1860 - 702 pages
..." emote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire." "As if a man went into tie house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him."— AMOS vl». The instances are not unfrequent in which serpents have their holes in Eastern houses. In... | |
 | Saint Justin (Martyr) - 1861 - 372 pages
...to 8. ' not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and if he sprang into his house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light, even very dark, and no brightness in it for... | |
 | William Fetherstonhaugh - Creation - 1862 - 424 pages
...Lord! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flet from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it ?"... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 650 pages
...common serpent is referred to. In the last it is associated with the lion and the bear : — "If a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." The passage in Genesis introduces us both to the true reptile and to Satan, the head of sin. This combination... | |
 | mrs. M J H. Hollings - 1863 - 480 pages
...Amos, speaking of the suddenness and terror of the judgment-day to the wicked, says, — " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went...leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." (Amos v. 19.) The apostle James speaks of the taming of serpents, as well as beasts and birds (see... | |
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