 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 526 pages
...foul, come not thou into their fecrets; unto their alFerablies, mine honour, be not thou united. Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath,...cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and fcatter them in ifrael," 6. He raifes up his temple, when he builds and beautifies Zion; that is, when the gofpel of... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1796 - 404 pages
...Levites, as well as the Simeonites, as under a kind of curfe. For he fays of them, Gen. xlix. 7, Curfed be their anger ', for it was fierce ; and their wrath,...for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and feparate them in Ifrael. This was a punifhment for their treachery, and cruelty with refpecl to the... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 530 pages
...being good men in the main, Jacob does not curfe their perfons but their fins; Gen. xlix. 7. Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce: and their wrath, for it 'aas cruel; fo cruel, that it might have brought a curfe upon them defervedly. But Jacob, guided by... | |
 | 1800 - 618 pages
...bleflkl Levi's fon«, he rebuked Levi and Simeon for their combination and cruelty ; adding, " Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath,...for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and fatter them in H'rael." Gen. xlvi. v. ii, and xlix. v. 5, 6. It has been generally believed, that the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...united. For, " in their anger they slew a man, and in their self" will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their " anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath,...for it was ' cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter " them in Israel." * ' Arrival hither,' is not English ; it should be ' arrival ten,' THE I... | |
 | John Hey - 1801 - 278 pages
...effects of punishment, may be found. In the dymg benediction of Jacob we have these words ; " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel." Gen. xlix.7. Here is nothing like punishing with a view to good ; (Part v. 21.) the effect of anger,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...united ! for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce : and their wrath,...for it was cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. lion's -whelp ! from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down,... | |
 | 1875 - 610 pages
...not thou united ; For in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they houghed oxen. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, And their wrath,...for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, And will scatter them in Israel.' We shall not discuss the questions whether Simeon and Levi were, or were... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pages
...hurried them on to commit mur4er, and their self-will caused them to break through every obstacle. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel ! " Judah, thy name signifies praise, and thou shalt receive the praises of thy brethren ; for they... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 454 pages
...tinctured with malignity, or ill will towards the offender. Of Simeon and Levi, Jacob said, " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel." And this is often the case with men, when they recompense evil for evil. But though we read of the... | |
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 
