 | Robert Wilson Evans - 1845 - 364 sivua
...the wilderness. So he answers each time, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." In which words observe how his conscience, after all, lets out the true reason, though his heart will... | |
 | 1862
...Elijah I" 2. Or the post of duty may have been abandoned in discouragement under a sense of failure. " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." The prophet's outlook was indeed dark. There seemed to be abundant grounds for despondency. We need... | |
 | 1844 - 444 sivua
...impatience. Elijah sorrowed for the sin of his people — his burthen was the weight of national guilt: "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to VOL. xxiv. u take it away." For many long years Elijah had warned this rebellious nation — he had... | |
 | 1845 - 702 sivua
...not in the fire : and after the fire а still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elünh heard ft, 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus : and when thou... | |
 | 1852 - 896 sivua
...but replies in justification of himself, " I have been very jealous, for the Lord God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." He was then commanded to stand on the Mount before God, and the Almighty One passed by: " Who layeth... | |
 | 1858 - 708 sivua
...What doest thou here, Elijah ? " he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord G-od of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." He, however, was greatly mistaken ; for God said unto him, " I have left me seven thousand in Israel,... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 740 sivua
...resent, and bewail his case ? No ; for, / have (said he) been very jealous for the Lard of hosts ; for 6 g l| 7 h / a ~ QW ? QVaXTpS 0 L... 3 Y u: =(- tS9ծ NЀӅ >F ; U >J away.1 What was the case of Jeremy ? / (saith he) was a derision to all my people, and their song all... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1845 - 552 sivua
...What dost thou here, Elijah! And he said, I have been rеry jealons for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, fo take it away. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the monnt before the Lord. And, behold, the... | |
 | William Hodge Mill - 1845 - 520 sivua
...and not revealed to His prophet before his earnest expostulation recorded in a subsequent chapter. " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...prophets with the sword : and I, even I only am left." But notwithstanding the untoward appearances that made him conceive himself the only faithful person... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1846 - 504 sivua
...awfulness. Fear changes not the tenor of Elijah's answer : he hath not left a word behind him in the cave. " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts,...only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away/' I hear not a direct answer from the prophet to the demand of God ; then he had said, I run away from... | |
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I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 
