 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pages
...consolation of Israel ; and many devout persons rejoiced in the accomplishment of Micah's prediction. — " Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among...ruler in< Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." The jealousy of Herorl was roUsed by the first intelligence of our Redeemer's... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 488 pages
...Ephratsh, though theu be little among the thou" sands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto me that "is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of *Js. ti;/. 14. | Ma'- •'• 20, 21, 23. \ Hie. « ":. w old, from everlasting." This was plainly... | |
 | 530 pages
...respecting this city ? But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou belittle among the thousands of Judab, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto me, that...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting. It was on this account therefore, that an overruling Providence made it needful... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 pages
...office of our Immanuel in the Old Testament, is to be found in the chapter preceding my text. " But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, " though thou be little...in Israel; whose goings forth have been " from of old, from everlasting.. And he shall stand " and feed in- the strength of the Lord, in the majesty... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...Jerusalem : they shall offer scornful usages to He/ekiah, king of Judah. V. 2 But thou flfth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. And thou, Beth-lchem Ephratah, though thou be but one of the smallest cities,... | |
 | 1808 - 702 pages
...thing like it in the passage ? Let us examine it; the words are, " And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...ruler in Israel : whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." The speaker in this passage, is evidently Jehovah, the Only Living and True... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1808 - 576 pages
...Judea, according to what the prophet Mieah, ch. v. ver. 2, had foretold, " But thou Bethlehem, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. " This was so far from affording any satisfaction to Herod, that it rather inflamed... | |
 | John Satchel - 1809 - 480 pages
...shall rejoice at his birth,' Luke i. l4. The place of the Messiah's nativity was to be Bethlehem. ' But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting,' Mlc, v. 2.— The paraphrases written by our ancestors interpret this prophecy... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1809 - 412 pages
...have plainly Tf ad BIB and not BB». Compare Isaiah rx. 4— xiv. 4, 5, 6—sxx. 31, 32.-- ,2. But thou, Bethlehem- Ephratah, though thou be little among...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting. 3. Therefore will he give them up* into the hand of their enemies until the... | |
 | John Watkins - 1809 - 454 pages
...miraculous conception. The place of the Messiah's birth is declared in the prophecy of Micah, " But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among...ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from old, from the days of eternity." The Jews never denied that this prediction referred to the Messiah,... | |
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But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 
