| Sir James Edward Alexander - 1835 - 358 pages
...of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts ! look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine ! " We met many of the peasantry proceeding to market with their fruit and vegetables in panniers,... | |
| 1835 - 234 pages
...of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou rnadest strong for thyself.... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1835 - 266 pages
...of the wood doth waste it, aud the wild boast of the Held doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine "' See ako Ezekiel, xvii. 22—24. The first and principal requisite in the conduct of an allegory,... | |
| John Mitchell - 1835 - 266 pages
...may it never be that of abandoning the principles and habits of our fathers. Return, we beseech thee O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and behold and visit this vine! We revere the memory of the Pilgrims. We revere their principles. We cherish their institutions. We... | |
| Alexander Campbell - 1835 - 406 pages
...exposed to the wild boar of the forest, and to the wild beast of the field. 'Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts; look down from heaven, and behold and visit this thy vine! — the vineyard which thy right hand has planted, and the branch which thou madest strong... | |
| Henry Wilkinson Williams - 1836 - 90 pages
...of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts ; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine." A Comparison or Simile is a figure nearly related to metaphor, but differing from it, in that the resemblance... | |
| 1836 - 364 pages
...boar out of the wood wasteth it, And the wild beast of the field devoureth it. Return, we pray thee, O God of hosts, Look down from heaven, and behold, And visit this vine ; And the stock which thy right hand hath planted, And the t son of man whom thou madest strong for... | |
| Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 418 pages
...devour all the productions of grace in that lesser vineyard of God. 14. Return, we beseech thee, 0 God of hosts ; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine. 15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest so strong for... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1837 - 260 pages
...of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts, look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine !" See also Ezekiel, xvii. 22—24. The first and principal requisite in the conduct of an allegory,... | |
| 1837 - 392 pages
...share of the boundary of the territory of Israel, in the plunder. days of prosperity. 14 Return now, O God of Hosts ! look down from heaven ; And behold, and visit this vine ; 15 The scion, which thy right hand planted ; Even the branch, which thou madest strong for thyself.... | |
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