The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: Minor ProphetsFunk & Wagnalls, 1892 - Bible |
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... kingdom of the house of Israel . " The strength of the kingdom was paralyzed after the destruction of the house of Jehu . Of five kings that followed Zechariah , only one died a natural death , the others were murdered and dethroned ...
... kingdom of the house of Israel . " The strength of the kingdom was paralyzed after the destruction of the house of Jehu . Of five kings that followed Zechariah , only one died a natural death , the others were murdered and dethroned ...
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... kingdom in ruin . " The massacre therefore , " says Calvin , " was a crime . so far as Jehu was concerned , but with God it was a righteous vengeance . " Even if he did not make God's com- mand a mere pretext , yet his conduct was an ...
... kingdom in ruin . " The massacre therefore , " says Calvin , " was a crime . so far as Jehu was concerned , but with God it was a righteous vengeance . " Even if he did not make God's com- mand a mere pretext , yet his conduct was an ...
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... kingdom shall be overcome and for ever laid waste . 10. Bound ] Removers of land - marks were to be cursed ( Deut ... kingdoms , for both were wounded . Apostasy with its train of moral corruptions was the disease of the body politic ...
... kingdom shall be overcome and for ever laid waste . 10. Bound ] Removers of land - marks were to be cursed ( Deut ... kingdoms , for both were wounded . Apostasy with its train of moral corruptions was the disease of the body politic ...
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... kingdom and increased their distress . After they had paid money and spent all they had they were no better , but worse . Mark v . 26 . 1. Individuals often fly to wrong sources . Music and merry company , novels and scenes of amusement ...
... kingdom and increased their distress . After they had paid money and spent all they had they were no better , but worse . Mark v . 26 . 1. Individuals often fly to wrong sources . Music and merry company , novels and scenes of amusement ...
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... kingdom of heaven . " 2. They were fickle in their principles . Sound principles are a necessity in life . Without principles a man is like a cloud driven by every gust of wind ; like a ship without rudder or compass , drifted hither ...
... kingdom of heaven . " 2. They were fickle in their principles . Sound principles are a necessity in life . Without principles a man is like a cloud driven by every gust of wind ; like a ship without rudder or compass , drifted hither ...
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affliction Amaziah apostasy Assyria Babylon blessings bring calamity captivity Christ Christian Church corruption covenant curse danger death deliverance desolation despised destroyed destruction Deut Divine duty earth Edom Egypt enemy ephah eternal evil Ezek faith favour fear forsake fruit gathered give glory God's gospel grace guilt hath heart heathen heaven HINTS AND OUTLINES holy HOMILETIC HINTS honour human idolatry idols iniquity Israel Jehovah Jerusalem Jews Jonah Judah judge judgment justice Keil king kingdom land live Lord ment mercy Messiah mighty moral nations nature never Nineveh oppression peace penitence prayer present pride priests promise prophet prosperity Prov punishment Pusey religion repentance restored righteous ruin sacrifice salvation Samaria says seek Sennacherib shame sinner sins sorrow soul spirit temple thee things thou truth turn unto Vers warning wicked wickedness word worship wrath Zerubbabel Zion
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Page 373 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Page 594 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 151 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 521 - And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 342 - FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: And the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 527 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 224 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions : And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Page 405 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 214 - That Day is a Day of Wrath, a Day of Trouble and distress, a Day of wasteness and desolation, a Day of darkness and gloominess, a Day of clouds and thick darkness.
Page 602 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.