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... Carmel ; and he cast himself down upon the earth , and put his face between his knees , and said to his servant , Go up now and look towards the sea . " - 1 KINGS Xviii . 42 , 43 .. 68 " Get thee down , that the rain stop thee not ...
... Carmel ; and he cast himself down upon the earth , and put his face between his knees , and said to his servant , Go up now and look towards the sea . " - 1 KINGS Xviii . 42 , 43 .. 68 " Get thee down , that the rain stop thee not ...
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... . 10 . " Thine head upon thee is like Carmel . " - SONG OF SOL . vii . 5 . And he fenced it . " - ISA . v . 2 . · ... 13 ... 45 65 4 69 ... ... ... 33 121 198 8 219 . 86 ... 297 " I will water thee with my tears , O CONTENTS . ix.
... . 10 . " Thine head upon thee is like Carmel . " - SONG OF SOL . vii . 5 . And he fenced it . " - ISA . v . 2 . · ... 13 ... 45 65 4 69 ... ... ... 33 121 198 8 219 . 86 ... 297 " I will water thee with my tears , O CONTENTS . ix.
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... Carmel , and the hills of Manasseh gird it on the south ; Tabor and Gilead and Little Hermon on the east ; the hills of Galilee on the north ; and lower hills fence the plain from the sea - shore on the west . After a heavy shower ...
... Carmel , and the hills of Manasseh gird it on the south ; Tabor and Gilead and Little Hermon on the east ; the hills of Galilee on the north ; and lower hills fence the plain from the sea - shore on the west . After a heavy shower ...
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... Carmel to Jezreel , a dis- tance of sixteen or seventeen miles , would have to cross the plain . From the cause just mentioned a heavy shower of rain in a few hours would turn the paths now deep with the dust of a three years ' drought ...
... Carmel to Jezreel , a dis- tance of sixteen or seventeen miles , would have to cross the plain . From the cause just mentioned a heavy shower of rain in a few hours would turn the paths now deep with the dust of a three years ' drought ...
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... Carmel to Joppa . It was celebrated for its rich pasturage and its bushy trees . Isaiah more than once speaks of its beauty . When describing the calamities of Israel , he says : " The earth mourneth and languisheth : Lebanon is ashamed ...
... Carmel to Joppa . It was celebrated for its rich pasturage and its bushy trees . Isaiah more than once speaks of its beauty . When describing the calamities of Israel , he says : " The earth mourneth and languisheth : Lebanon is ashamed ...
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Page 16 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Page 208 - And, while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel ; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Page 301 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 303 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page x - I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. * I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Page 25 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 191 - When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Page 6 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 316 - And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 187 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.