...disposed to ascribe to them equality with his divine majfsty. 1 Kings XIX. 10. " And he said I havs been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant and thrown down thy altars," &c. I will repeat verbatim the Editor's quotation of Psalm XXIV. 8. and...

...sent, and bewail his case ? No, for / have, said he, been £t very jealous for the Lord ofliosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and SF.RM. slam thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am LXVII. igj"f^ ana they seek my life,...

...word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, " What doest thou " here, Elijah ?" 10. And he said, " I " have been very jealous for the LORD "...am left, and they seek my " life to take it away." 1 1 . And he said, " Go forth, and stand upon the mount (i) v. 4. " Die." This gave occasion to St....

...and he said to him: What doest thou here, Elias? 10 And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have thrown down thy altars; they have alain thy prophets with the sword; and I alone am !•...

...life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time, xix. 2. And he said, I have been тегу jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children...the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they «eek my life, to take it away, 10. But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah...

...left one word behind him in the cave. " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away." I hear not a direct answer from the prophet to the demand of God ; then he had said, I run away from...

...wert thou actually in the situation in which the prophet Elijah supposed himself to be, when he said, The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left : Wert thou actually in this situation, a solitary worshipper of the true God, yet surely the thought...

...prophets, and digged down thine altars ; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 1 .Ami he said, I bave been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for...Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altare, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, eren I only, am left ; and they seek my life,...

...so that strong language is justifiable, and one is ready to exclaim, with the indignant Prophet; " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts...the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and thrown down thine altars:" — the children of Christian Israel, the white inhabitants, who were...

...rectitude ; inasmuch as they had slain all the Lord's prophets, and sought his life also ! he said, " the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy proprophets with the sword; arid I only am left; and they seek my life to take it away." Yet the Lord...