Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families, Volume 4Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) J. Johnson, 1810 |
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Common terms and phrases
according Ahikam Alexander ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS Antiochus army Artaxerxes beasts Behold Belshazzar bless brethren brought captivity Chaldeans Chap children of Israel commanded Cyrus Daniel Darius death decree desolate destroy Divine earth Egypt empire enemies evil Ezra fathers feast glory governor Haman hand heart heathen heaven high priest holy honour inhabitants Jaddua Jehoiachin Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jerusalem Jews Josiah Judas Judea Kareah king Ahasuerus king of Babylon king of Judah king of Persia king's gate kingdom land Levites LORD hath LORD of hosts Macc Manasseh Medes mercy midst Mordecai nations Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah peace Persian Persian empire praise and exalt princes prophecy prophet provinces Ptolemy reign saith the LORD saying scribe SECTION sent shew Shushan slain slew spake sword Syria Temple thereof thine things thou hast thou shalt throne thy servant took Tyre unto the king Vashti wicked words ye the LORD Zedekiah Zeresh
Popular passages
Page 193 - But hast lifted up thyself against the LORD of heaven ; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified : Then was the part of the hand sent from him ; and this writing was written.
Page 41 - Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it : and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it ? 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart ; they are revolted and gone.
Page 204 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Page 172 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 54 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 172 - The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Page 52 - The temple of the Lord are these." For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour ; if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
Page 25 - Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord ; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you : for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Page 133 - Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever : for wisdom and might are his : And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings : he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding : He revealeth the deep and secret things : he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him...
Page 206 - Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.