The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form, Volume 11Richard Green Moulton Macmillan, 1898 |
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... sepa- rated from one another . In the early tragedy of the Re- V JAN -31917379756 naissance the spirit of a scene was regularly conveyed in Trust in False Prophets The Joining of the Sticks Judgment of Oholah and Oholibah.
... sepa- rated from one another . In the early tragedy of the Re- V JAN -31917379756 naissance the spirit of a scene was regularly conveyed in Trust in False Prophets The Joining of the Sticks Judgment of Oholah and Oholibah.
Page vi
... spirit of a scene was regularly conveyed in emblematic action to the eye before the dialogue com- menced ; and this has been made familiar to the most general reader by the example of it preserved in Hamlet , where the gesture of ...
... spirit of a scene was regularly conveyed in emblematic action to the eye before the dialogue com- menced ; and this has been made familiar to the most general reader by the example of it preserved in Hamlet , where the gesture of ...
Page xv
... spirit shall faint , and all knees shall be weak as water . Now the theme of the sword is resumed , and with it mingles what is evidently some military strain or folk - lore song , of which the augmenting lines suggest the gathering spirit ...
... spirit shall faint , and all knees shall be weak as water . Now the theme of the sword is resumed , and with it mingles what is evidently some military strain or folk - lore song , of which the augmenting lines suggest the gathering spirit ...
Page xxiv
... spirit enters into him and carries him along . I do not understand the commentators who call Ezekiel's description of his vision ' prosaic . ' To me it appears that alike the terms into which he translates the details of the ...
... spirit enters into him and carries him along . I do not understand the commentators who call Ezekiel's description of his vision ' prosaic . ' To me it appears that alike the terms into which he translates the details of the ...
Page xxv
... spirit , but convoy'd By four cherubic shapes , four faces each Had wondrous , as with stars their bodies all And wings were set with eyes , with eyes the wheels Of beryl , and careering fires between ; Over their heads a crystal ...
... spirit , but convoy'd By four cherubic shapes , four faces each Had wondrous , as with stars their bodies all And wings were set with eyes , with eyes the wheels Of beryl , and careering fires between ; Over their heads a crystal ...
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abominations arches thereof beasts behold blood border breadth bring brought burnt offering caldron captivity cause Chaldea Chebar cherub cherubim cometh cubits daughters defiled desolate discourse Doom dwell east side unto Edom emblem ephah eyes Ezekiel fire five and twenty flesh fury gate gather glory Hamath hath heart holy house of Israel idols iniquity inner court Jerusalem Judah judgements king of Babylon land of Egypt land of Israel lifted LORD came unto LORD have spoken meal offering measured midst of thee midst thereof mount Seir mountains of Israel mouth multitude nations oblation Oholah Oholibah outer court Parable prince profaned prophesy prophet rebellious house reed righteous round saith the Lord sanctuary say unto set thy face shalt thou shepherds slain soul sword thou hast thou shalt trees twenty cubits Tyre unto the house unto thee valley of Hamon-gog vision wall wast waters wheels wicked word ye shall know
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Page 144 - Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live. So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Page 64 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die : the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son ; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 62 - Behold, all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine; the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 133 - And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Page 44 - My people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel, and ye shall know that I am the Lord...
Page 109 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Page 64 - But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live ? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Page 65 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 135 - I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick : but I will destroy the fat and the strong ; I will feed them with judgment.
Page xxi - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.