 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.  The History of Antiquity - Page 39by Max Duncker - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Henry Cowles - Bible - 1867 - 458 pages
...the people would be so terrible that they would choose death rather than life, and hence would cry to the mountains, "Cover us," and to the hills, " Fall on us ! "—strong poetic conceptions, but terribly significant of their awful doom. 9. O Israel, them hast... | |
 | John Milton, James Augustus St. John - 1868 - 548 pages
...verily guilty concerning our brother. . . . therefore is this distress come upon us." Hos. x. 8. " they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us," compared with Rev. vi. 16. "they said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - Bible - 1868 - 500 pages
...places of Aven, the sin of Israel, are destroyed; Thorns and thistles shall grow upon their altars : They shall say to the mountains, Cover us; And to the hills, Fall upon us. 9 Since the days of Gilead, thou hast sinned, O Israel ! There they remain : Shall not the... | |
 | Thomas Valpy French (bp. of Lahore.) - 1869 - 458 pages
...that utter annihilation will be the summit and goal of their eager hope. " The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say...the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on ws."f They are applied again, in Rev. vi., to the effects of the "wrath of the Lamb;" and I know not... | |
 | Hosea (the prophet) - 1869 - 128 pages
...shall be the high-places of Aven, The sin of Israel, The thorn and the thistle, Shall come up upon their altars ; And they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, And to the hills, Fall on us. 9 Ever since the days of Gibeah, Hast thou sinned, O Israel ; There they took their stand, The battle... | |
 | Luis (de Granada, Dominican [Luis Sarría.]) - Christian life - 1869 - 384 pages
...and of all ages present, past, and to come ? So great will be this shame that the Prophet tells us, " They shall say to the mountains, Cover us ; and to the hills, Fall on us." (Hosea x. 8.) Swallow us up in the deep that we may no more appear in such great shame and confusion.... | |
 | Levi Rightmyer - 1916 - 990 pages
...the water; the high places of Avon, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed; the thorn and the thistle e of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which...before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. even as Jesus said they would, and as they say under the opening of the sixth seal? Again does not... | |
 | Isbon Thaddeus Beckwith - Bible - 1919 - 814 pages
...210-21. — Xeyovo-iv TOUS opeaiv кт\., they say to the mountains, etc. : derived from Hos. 108, ' They shall say to the mountains, Cover us ; and to the hills, Fall on us '; cf. Lk. 2320. — airo rfjs óp-yí)? Tofl ¿pviou, from the wrath of the Lamb : the feeling of... | |
 | Paul Carus - Religion - 1920 - 884 pages
...of the earth for fea'r of the Lord." The calling to the mountains. "Fall on us." repeats Hos. x. 8, "They shall say to the mountains. Cover us ; and to the hills. Fall on us." With the four winds in Rev. vii. 1 compare Dan. vii. 2 : they represent destructive agencies against... | |
 | James Stacy Stevens - Bible - 1921 - 240 pages
...have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel. Hos. 10. 1. Israel is an empty vine. i/Hos. 10. 8. They shall say to the mountains, Cover us ; and to the hills, Fall on us. Hos. 10. 12. Break up your fallow ground. Hos. 11. 4. I drew them with cords of a man. Hos. 12. 1.... | |
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