| 1847 - 1026 pàgines
...but ye have not enough.' What safety even for our garnered stores, if He be against us ? ' Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it.' ' I smote you with blasting and with mildew.' If we were as the people of Nineveh, and our land as... | |
| Thomas Wilson - 1847 - 590 pàgines
...prophet Haggai, [ch. i.] when they neglected to repair His temple : " Ye have sown much and bring in little, and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it ; why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Why, because of My house which lieth waste, and ye run every one to his own house." This is very proper... | |
| Thomas Wilson - 1847 - 568 pàgines
...prophet Haggai, [ch. i.] when they neglected to repair His temple : " Ye have sown much and bring in little, and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it ; why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Why, because of My house which lieth waste, and ye run every one to his own house." This is very proper... | |
| Richard Cecil - 1847 - 362 pàgines
...mere chaff, that he could blow away in a moment. And why? "Because, saith the Lord of Hosts, of my house that is waste : and ye run every man to his own house." As though he had said, "You do not consider, that there is a better part, which cannot be taken away... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1848 - 670 pàgines
...their hand, because they did not look to the Lord, and depend upon him for the good of it. " Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye...is waste, and ye run every man to his own house." If the Lord be not with us to bless us, we may come to be a weary burden to one another, for no creature... | |
| Nathan Marcus Adler - 1848 - 784 pàgines
...build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little ; and when ye...of Mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from... | |
| Henry Edward Manning - 1848 - 426 pàgines
...none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. ... Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. ... One came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten ; . . one came to the pressfat for to... | |
| Henry Edward Manning - 1848 - 320 pàgines
...none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. . . . Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. ... One came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten ; . . . one came to the pressfat for... | |
| Richard Cecil - 1849 - 474 pàgines
...Herod, we are "eaten of worms !" — "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts ; Consider your ways. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little ; and when ye...of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house." Hag. i. 1 — 9. Beware of supineness, and negligence. These sins are as dangerous... | |
| Julius Charles Hare - 1849 - 530 pàgines
...build the House ; and I will take pleasure in it ; and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. Ye looked for much ; and lo, it came to little ; and, when ye...upon it. Why, saith the Lord of Hosts. Because of My House, which is waste ; and ye run every man to his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is... | |
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