 | William Warburton - 1846 - 524 pages
...builded the wall, he was wroth, *fd took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a • Neh. ziii. 28. t Neh. vi. 18. t Ezra iv. 1—3. § Neh. ii. 20. I Xek. ri. 17, 19. IT Ezra iv.... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1846 - 1170 pages
...Sanballat heard that we builded heaps of the rubbish which are burn- -^ ed? 3 Now b Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build,...go up, he shall even break down their stone .wall. 4 '.Hear, 0 our God; for we are the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked, the-... | |
 | 1852 - 798 pages
...cheerful countenance, and preached to them from Neh. iv. 2 and 3, " What do these feeble Jews ? .... Even that which they build, if a fox go up he shall even break down their stone wall," &c. The younger people were convinced. They said, We will begin our work afresh tomorrow ; but the... | |
 | David Magie - 1847 - 596 pages
...of Israel ! " " What do these feeble Jews ? " said one who represented the opposition in all ages. " Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.'* Such too is the estimate of the world, even of its princes, at all times and even in our day, who judge... | |
 | William Jackson - 1847 - 424 pages
...make an end in a day ? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall." t Thus they speak contemptuously of the righteous whom the Lord loveth. But it is a state of things... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1847 - 564 pages
...had great possessions. PERSECUTION. 439. Persecution and reproach for righteousness1 sake. Neh. 4 : 4 Hear, O our God ; for we are despised : and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity. Job 16 : 10 They have gaped upon me with their... | |
 | John Foster - 1847 - 500 pages
...began building his ark. When the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilding after the captivity, the enemies said " even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break j$own their stone wall." It is related that when the commencement was made of laying the foundation... | |
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 pages
...rubbish which are burned ? Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they bnild, nd bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. And it came to pas О our God ; for we are despised : and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a... | |
 | 1849 - 786 pages
...efforts, careless of the truth, that many have said, and affected to think, as to "that which (hey build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall." Neither frowns nor allurements have, for a moment, turned us aside from our purpose. To all considerations... | |
 | 1850 - 830 pages
...they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned ? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite @ 4 Hear,* O our God; for we are 5 despised: and turn' their reproach upon their own head, and give them... | |
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What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? Now, Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which... 
