...stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. Let us explain this of the spiritual life. Hosea x. 8, They shall say to the mountains cover us, and to the hills fall on us. Zepheniah i. gives a lively picture of the alarm of the besieged upon the actual approach of the besiegers....

...8. The high places also of Awn, the sin of Israel, •hall be destroyed: the thorn and the ih, : v shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains. Cover us: and to the bills. Fall on us. Uicah v, M. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy...

...8, The high places also of Aven, tho sin of Israel, shall l>e destroyed: the thorn and the thistle + tho hills. Fall on us. iticah vll, 4. The best of them it as a brier: the most upright is tttiarpfr...

...x, 8. The high placosalso of Aven, tho sin of Israel, shall lw destroyed: tho thorn and tho thistle u dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering, said unto him, It I UK and to the hills, Fall on us. Jflcafi Til, 4. Tho best of them is as a brier: the most upright is...

...similar to that, which in the passage before us is put into the mouths of the terrified refugees : " And they shall say to the mountains cover us, and to the hills fall on us." — Hosea, x. 8. We have thus a curious chain of evidence, fixing the locality of the scenes of the...

...similar to that, which in the passage before us is put into the mouths of the terrified refugees : " And they shall say to the mountains cover us, and to the hills fall on us." — Hosea, x. 8. We have thus a curious chain of evidence, fixing the locality of the scenes of the...

...drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more. v. 9. Hos. 10.8. The thorn and the thistle peareth for a little time, and then x. 10. Hos. 12.14. Therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return...

...rebelled against God . . . the high places also of -Aven shall be destroyed ; the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars ; and they shall say...mountains, Cover us ; and to the hills, Fall on us." The prophet invites them to turn unto God, " Come, and let us return unto the LORD : for he hath -torn,...

...in which Samaria was doomed even as Jerusalem, become like her, is doomed now. We read in ch. x. 8, And they shall say to the mountains, Cover us ; and to the hills, Fall on us ; and with this is connected the echo of Isa. ii. 10, 19, 21 — the humbling of the proud daughters...

...waters ; and the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed ; the thorn bush and thistle shall come up on their altars, and they shall say...mountains, Cover us, and to the hills. Fall on us. 8 You have sinned, Israel, from the days of Gibeah ; there they stood ; the battle in Gibeah reached...