 I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for 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.  Poems on various subjects - Page 43by Eliza Hunt - 1808 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...: and behold, then come a voice unto him, and said, What does! thou here, Elijah? 14 And he said, 1 thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, irown down thine altars, and slain thy prohets with Ihe sword ; and I, men I only, am eft ; and they... | |
 | William Wake - Catechisms, English - 1827 - 454 pages
...certainly stone him. I Kings, xix. 10. And he said, 1 have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets wsword; and I, evenl only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away. Prov. xiii. 13. Whoso despiseth... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...he said : "It is enough. Now, O ! Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." " I, even I, only am left ; and they seek my life to take it away-" But what was the answer of the Lord to Elijah ? " I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the... | |
 | William Phelan - Ireland - 1827 - 378 pages
...compares himself to Elijah ; — " when the Lord came to him and said, ' what dost thou here Elijah ;' and he said, ' I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and thrown down thine altars, and slain thy... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 242 pages
...faithful in his day. " The children of Israel," saith he, " have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and...am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."* But what saith the answer of God to him ? "I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah ? 14 2 uown thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 356 pages
...And behold, the word of the Lord came to him ; and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah ? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...their God.— 2 Sam. vii. 23, 24. When Elijah had complained against Israel, and concluded, saying, And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life: God answered him, Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto... | |
 | Lutheran Church - 1829 - 424 pages
...abolished. We see what came to pass in the days of the prophet Elijah : he saith, 1 Kings xix. 14. "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away." But the Lord reproveth him, by telling him that he hath yet seven thousand in Israel, who have not... | |
 | Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1829 - 742 pages
...circumstances require. Elijab despondingly replied, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...sword ; and I, even I only, am left and they seek to take away my Kfe'." We are too apt, like Elijah, to yield to sinful discouragements, and to make... | |
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