 | Thomas M'Crie - Christian biography - 1841 - 704 pages
...when, in similar circumstances, he said, " I have been VERY JEALOUS for the Lord God of Hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." Weaknesses or excesses are often mingled with the best and most pious feelings — the exercise of... | |
 | James Everett - Clergy - 1842 - 592 pages
...doest thou here, Elijah .'' he answered, ' I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts; for the children of Israel have FORSAKEN THY COVENANT,...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.' But the evil was distorted and ma9nified; and the Lord corrected his error, by informing him, that... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pages
...What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 1 1 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the•mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed... | |
 | 1843 - 912 pages
...mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three eren I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1843 - 314 pages
...•entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord...slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I alone, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on... | |
 | Moses Margoliouth - Judaism - 1843 - 330 pages
...made intercession against Israel, saying, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away." (1 Kings 19. 10.) Had Jeremiah and Elijah even all the above characteristics which Moses possessed,... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1844 - 522 pages
...What dost thou here, Elijah ? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and... | |
 | 1844 - 576 pages
...self-justification, of murmuring complaint: for he said; "I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." To this peevish complaint the answer is, " Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord." Then... | |
 | 1862
...Elijah I" 2. Or the post of duty may have been abandoned in discouragement under a sense of failure. " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." The prophet's outlook was indeed dark. There seemed to be abundant grounds for despondency. We need... | |
 | Robert Wilson Evans - Sermons, English - 1845 - 364 pages
...the wilderness. So he answers each time, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." In which words observe how his conscience, after all, lets out the true reason, though his heart will... | |
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I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life to take it away. 
