Löydetty 1518 Tulokset: Chosen People
Listen they must, yonder sturdy bastions of earth, while the Lord impleads his people; Israel stands upon its trial now. (Micah 6, 2)
Tell me, my people, what have I done, that thou shouldst be a-weary of me? Answer me. (Micah 6, 3)
Commands of Amri thou wouldst obey, not mine, Ahab’s purposes, not mine, fulfil; their bidding if thou wouldst follow, what marvel that I should mark thee down for ruin, Jerusalem for the hiss of scorn? Shame of its own origins the people that is mine must bear.✻ (Micah 6, 16)
With that staff of thine gather thy people in, the flock that is thy very own, scattered now in the forest glades, with rich plenty all around them; Basan and Galaad for their pasture-grounds, as in the days of old. (Micah 7, 14)
Was there ever such a God, so ready to forgive sins, to overlook faults, among the scattered remnant of his chosen race? He will exact vengeance no more; he loves to pardon. (Micah 7, 18)
it is to rescue thy own people, rescue thy own anointed servant, that thou goest out to battle. Down fall the turrets in yonder castle of godlessness, down sink the foundations to their very base; (Habakkuk 3, 13)
Such was the tale that set my whole frame trembling; at the rumour of it my lips quivered with fear; there was a faintness overcame my whole being, my steps faltered as I went. Now with tranquil heart let me await this day of doom; upon the enemies of our people it is destined to fall.✻ (Habakkuk 3, 16)
And what of Moab, what of Ammon? Doubt not I have heard the blasphemous taunts they uttered against my own people, as they encroached upon its borders. (Zephaniah 2, 8)
As I am a living God, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, no better shall Moab and Ammon be than Sodom and Gomorrha, all waste and brushwood and salt-pits, for ever desolate; of my own people enough remnant shall be left, a nation still, to plunder and to conquer them. (Zephaniah 2, 9)
Pride that would mock and overreach his own people he, the Lord of hosts, knows how to punish; (Zephaniah 2, 10)
From far away, beyond Ethiop rivers, my suppliants shall come to me, sons✻ of my exiled people the bloodless offering shall bring. (Zephaniah 3, 10)
Word from the Lord of hosts to his people, that will not restore his temple, but cry, Too early yet! (Haggai 1, 2)
