| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...happiness, and the welfare of our brethren, and the glory of our Lord ! Jonah fleeth from God's presence. 1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before... | |
| Christian biography - 1842 - 510 pages
...the Reformers as meaning " Repent." It was so translated in the early editions of the English Bible. word of the Lord came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying; Arise, and get thee to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness is come up before... | |
| Robert Benjamin Lewis - Black race - 1844 - 414 pages
...of Atntttai, lived in the time of Jeroboam, the king of Israel. The word ofthe Lord came unto him, saying, " Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and...it, for their wickedness is come up before me." But his heart failed him, and he went down to Joppa, and there found a ship, and took his passage on board,... | |
| Christian Gottlob Barth - 1844 - 298 pages
...was a rich and magnificent city, three days' journey in circumference. And the Lord said to Jonah, " Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against...their wickedness is come up before me." But Jonah was disobedient, and went the contrary way, to the sea. He came to Joppa, and finding a ship going... | |
| Robert Benjamin Lewis - Black race - 1844 - 414 pages
...Amittai, lived in the time of Jeroboam, the king of Israel. The word of the Lord came unto him, spying, " Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against...it, for their wickedness is come up before me." But his heart failed him, and he went down to Joppa, and there found a ship, and took his passage on board,... | |
| Religious poetry, English - 1844 - 264 pages
...Thine heart entire to faith's pure strife ; So peace will come, thou knowestnot when or how. yJONAH. " But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord." DEEP in his meditative bower, The tranquil seer reclined ; Numbering the creepers of an hour, The gourds... | |
| Henry Browne - Bible - 1844 - 732 pages
...the Prophets, his successors of the old dispensation. They must, as God shall severally call them, "arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it: for its wickedness is come up before God." That is, they must declare the sentence of God's judgment against... | |
| Augusta M. Wicks - 1845 - 214 pages
...deeds, and its inhabitants only triumphed in the wicked desires of their hearts and gratifications. Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of...against it, for their wickedness is come up before me. Let us meditate more minutely on the subject before us, and consider 1st.—The name and call of Jonah—why... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - Apostles - 1847 - 282 pages
...And cries amid his grief untold, " I would not live alway." DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH. CHARLES JENNER. Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, the son...and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up hefore me."— JONAH i. 1, 8. Now had th' Almighty Judge of heav'n and earth, Within whose hand the... | |
| John Foster - Sermons, English - 1847 - 500 pages
...JER CONTENTS. LECTURE I. THE HI9TORY OF JONAH. Page. JONAH i.—iv. Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh,...for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah arose up to flee unto Tarshish, &c 1 LECTURE II. THE CONTEMPLATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ECCLESIASTES viii.... | |
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