 | 1843 - 912 ˹éÒ
...hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain m 12 If And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any...thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind ° rent the mountains, and brake... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 ˹éÒ
...he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah ? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken...slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I alone, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1844 - 522 ˹éÒ
...Lord came unto him, 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...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 ˹éÒ
...of 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...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... | |
 | Robert Wilson Evans - 1845 - 364 ˹éÒ
...had driven him into 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1844 - 444 ˹éÒ
...impatience. Elijah sorrowed for the sin of his people — his burthen was the weight of national guilt: "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to VOL. xxiv. u take it away." For many long years Elijah had warned this rebellious nation — he had... | |
 | 1852 - 896 ˹éÒ
...the demand of God, but replies in justification of himself, " I have been very jealous, for the Lord God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." He was then commanded to stand on the Mount before God, and the Almighty One passed by: " Who layeth... | |
 | 1858 - 708 ˹éÒ
...asked by the Lord, " What doest thou here, Elijah ? " he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord G-od of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." He, however, was greatly mistaken ; for God said unto him, " I have left me seven thousand in Israel,... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1845 - 256 ˹éÒ
...feelings of the prophet, when, in similar circumstances, he said, " I have been VERT JEALOUS for the Lord of Hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken...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... | |
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And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for 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... 
