 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 pàgines
...but I suppose If our proposal once again were heard, We would compel them to a quick result.' " 4. " And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." LESSON LVIII. PERSONIFICATION. 1. " But look, the moon in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of... | |
 | 1840 - 532 pàgines
...upbraiding the priests of Baal, and ridiculing them for their trust in that false god, said unto them, " Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either he is talking,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked." The words here used are false. What Elijah said was not true, and he did not believe it true ; and... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 pàgines
...us ! But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked ! And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood... | |
 | 1843 - 1108 pàgines
...saying, О Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered : And they leaped upon the aliar the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the...power. 7 Which stillrth the noise of the seas ; the perndventure he slcepeth, and must be awaked. 20 And they cried loud, and cut themselves after their... | |
 | 1866 - 580 pàgines
...of Baal, the very force and point of it is in the fact that they knew ho was speaking ironically. " And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradvcnture ho sleepeth, and must be awaked. (1 Kings xviii. 27.) Had he stated this in such a manner... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1843 - 326 pàgines
...The prophet Elijah, when he cnaltenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity " mooted them, and said: Cry aloud for he is a god either he...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united : as in Cicero's oration for Balbus, where he derides his... | |
 | 1843 - 912 pàgines
...Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, b hear us. But there ' was no voice, nor any that d h he is talking, or he ' is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pàgines
...until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us '. Butthcre was no voice, norany thatanswered. And thej leap ed e children of Israel turned ngain, and went a wlior...Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had de peradventnre he sleep eth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their... | |
 | William Gresley - 1844 - 372 pàgines
...of men. Instances occur of its use by inspired persons, as when Elijah mocked the priests of Baal. " Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.'" There is a forcible tone of serious raillery in the following passage from Cooper's Serm. ii. vol.... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pàgines
...and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, О Baal, hear us. Bnt there was all that they bave. 33 And it shall come to pass,...occupation ? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade ts a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepcth,... | |
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And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 
