A Bible-reading for schools. The great prophecy of Israel's restoration, Isaiah, chap. 40-66, arranged and ed. by M. ArnoldMacmillan and Company, 1872 - 65 pages |
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... brought to bear at all ; cer- tainly it has not been brought to bear in excess , as compared with the power of the natural sciences . And now , perhaps , it is less likely than ever to be brought to bear . The natural sciences are in ...
... brought to bear at all ; cer- tainly it has not been brought to bear in excess , as compared with the power of the natural sciences . And now , perhaps , it is less likely than ever to be brought to bear . The natural sciences are in ...
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... brought to bear at all ; cer- tainly it has not been brought to bear in excess , as compared with the power of the natural sciences . And now , perhaps , it is less likely than ever to be brought to bear . The natural sciences are in ...
... brought to bear at all ; cer- tainly it has not been brought to bear in excess , as compared with the power of the natural sciences . And now , perhaps , it is less likely than ever to be brought to bear . The natural sciences are in ...
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... brought into " the presence and the power of greatness , " as Wordsworth calls it , in these indisputably great works and great wholes ; and when they are so brought , they may , if they attend , " perceive " it ; they have the ...
... brought into " the presence and the power of greatness , " as Wordsworth calls it , in these indisputably great works and great wholes ; and when they are so brought , they may , if they attend , " perceive " it ; they have the ...
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... brought near to those who before were strangers to it ; and they do wisely . For any one who believes in the civilising power of letters and often talks of this belief , to think that he has for more than twenty years got his living by ...
... brought near to those who before were strangers to it ; and they do wisely . For any one who believes in the civilising power of letters and often talks of this belief , to think that he has for more than twenty years got his living by ...
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... brought down all their nobles , and the Chaldeans , whose cry is in the ships . " This cannot be right , but it gives a sense which may be made out ; we may refer to what Heeren says of the maritime trade of Babylon in the Persian Gulf ...
... brought down all their nobles , and the Chaldeans , whose cry is in the ships . " This cannot be right , but it gives a sense which may be made out ; we may refer to what Heeren says of the maritime trade of Babylon in the Persian Gulf ...
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afflicted Assyria authorised version Babylon beasts Behold Book of Isaiah Bozrah bring bringeth brought called captivity Chaldeans cockatrice comfort connexion corrector Cyrus declare desert didst earth Edom Egypt English Bible Ethiopia exile flesh Gentiles give glory God's Greek hand hast thou Hearken heart heathen heavens Hebrew Holy idolatrous idols iniquity Isaiah isles Israel Jacob Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judah judgment king kingdom kingdom of Israel kingdom of Judah land learner literary literature LORD hath Lord's maketh mercy mountains mouth nations Nebaioth offering Old Testament passage peace Persia poetry Prophet redeemed rejoice rendering restoration righteousness saith the LORD salvation schools sense series of chapters servant shew sins speak spirit Testament thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt tion transgression translators tree unto thee verse voice Vulgate watchmen whole word worship yourselves Zion
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Page xxiv - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 30 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 32 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 52 - I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair : I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Page xxv - He was taken from prison, and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation ? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Page 23 - SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child : For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
Page 9 - Sing, O ye heavens ; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth : break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein : for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 50 - Why sayest thou. O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding.
Page 25 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 16 - They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.