 | James Waddel Alexander - Christian life - 1858 - 480 pages
...lord, Behold Elijah is here ; and he shall slay me." As Isaiah : " Woe is me, for I am undone." As Jeremiah ; " Ah, Lord God ! behold I cannot speak : for I am a child." As Ananias : " Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at... | |
 | Ashton Oxenden - Sermons, English - 1858 - 314 pages
...called him to his high office, his answer shows how unworthy he felt himself of so great an honour; "Ah, Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." (Jer. i. 6.) Was St. Paul proud? He felt himself to be "less than the least of all saints;" "not meet... | |
 | E. W. Sprague - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 404 pages
...ordained thee a prophet (a medium) unto the nations." Jeremiah Lacked Confidence. Verse 6 : "Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child." Jeremiah Will Be Inspired, Says the Spirit. Verse 7: "But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child... | |
 | Roger Campbell - Religion - 1996 - 140 pages
...his negative feelings about public speaking and God's answer to them, Jeremiah wrote: Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and... | |
 | Leo Strauss - Philosophy - 1997 - 528 pages
...carnest out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for thou shall go to all that I shall send thee, and... | |
 | John R. Rice - Religion - 1969 - 440 pages
...sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." In vain did this alarmed man exclaim, "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." The Lord answers him, "Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt speak whatsoever I command thee"; and... | |
 | 2000 - 188 pages
...fears when the Lord bade him go and deliver Israel from the Midianites. Jeremiah too: "Then said I: Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." The exercise concerning the ministry was so weighty that I feared I might be incapable of attending... | |
 | Walter Wilson - Religion - 2001 - 580 pages
...up the place of so excellent and popular a preacher. His anxiety he sometimes expressed in the words of Jeremiah,* Ah, Lord God! behold I cannot speak, for I am a child. But then, he received encouragement from what immediately follows : And the Lord said unto me, Say not... | |
 | John W. Wohlfarth - Religion and politics - 2001 - 409 pages
...your statue until . you see the perfect goodness established in the stainless shrine. Then said 1, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and... | |
 | Erwin Isak Jakob Rosenthal - Bible - 2001 - 384 pages
...arrangement of words, the beauty of metaphor (this is hardly justified !), therefore he rightly said : Ah Lord God, behold, I cannot speak . for I (am) a child. Isaiah was of royal blood, enjoyed an excellent education at Court, and therefore knew how to write... | |
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Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 
