The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form, Volume 12Richard Green Moulton Macmillan, 1898 |
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... saying , O house of Israel , cannot I do with you as this potter ? saith the LORD . The image of ' clay in the hand of the potter ' has passed into our ordinary speech . But it is easy to imagine how this idea , on its first ...
... saying , O house of Israel , cannot I do with you as this potter ? saith the LORD . The image of ' clay in the hand of the potter ' has passed into our ordinary speech . But it is easy to imagine how this idea , on its first ...
Page xv
... sayings this : Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom , neither let the mighty man glory in his might , let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this , that he understandeth , and knoweth me , that ...
... sayings this : Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom , neither let the mighty man glory in his might , let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this , that he understandeth , and knoweth me , that ...
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... saying , Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee , and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee ; I have ap- pointed thee a prophet unto the nations . Then said I , Ah , Lord GOD ! behold , I cannot speak : for I ...
... saying , Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee , and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee ; I have ap- pointed thee a prophet unto the nations . Then said I , Ah , Lord GOD ! behold , I cannot speak : for I ...
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... saying , Go , and cry in the ears of Jerusalem , saying , Thus saith the LORD : I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth , the love of thine espousals ; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness , in a land that was not sown ...
... saying , Go , and cry in the ears of Jerusalem , saying , Thus saith the LORD : I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth , the love of thine espousals ; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness , in a land that was not sown ...
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... saying , Ye shall have peace ; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul . A CRY TO JUDAH AND JERUSALEM A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people , not to fan , nor to cleanse . THE LORD A full ...
... saying , Ye shall have peace ; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul . A CRY TO JUDAH AND JERUSALEM A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people , not to fan , nor to cleanse . THE LORD A full ...
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Ahikam Anathoth anger ashamed Baruch Battle of Carchemish beast Behold Book bring brought burned incense carried away captive cast cause Chaldeans cities of Judah commanded covenant daughter destroy devoured Doom drink dwell earth Edom Egypt evil famine fathers fire forsaken gates Gedaliah Gemariah gods hand Hear ye heard hearken unto heart heaven house of Israel inhabitants of Jerusalem iniquity Ishmael Jehoiakim Jeremiah the prophet Jerusalem Johanan Josiah judgement Kareah king of Babylon king of Judah land of Egypt LORD came unto LORD hath LORD of hosts midst Mizpah Moab nations Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar king Nebuzaradan Nebuzaradan the captain Nethaniah pass pestilence priests princes PROPHECIES remnant Riblah saith the LORD say unto sent servants shalt thou Shaphan spake spoil spoken sword therein thine thou art thou hast thou shalt unto Jeremiah unto thee voice Wherefore whither wickedness Zedekiah Zedekiah king Zedekiah the king Zion
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Page 38 - Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered.
Page 70 - The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond : it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars ; whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Page 19 - I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Page 101 - And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Page 116 - Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Page 72 - Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Page 20 - Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Page 169 - ... the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. But 168 since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Page 45 - O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself : it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 115 - Build ye houses, and dwell in them ; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them ; take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.