Löydetty 352 Tulokset: Divine Protection
And in the second month of the second year after their return to God’s temple at Jerusalem, Zorobabel and Josue with their brethren, priests and Levites and citizens returned from exile, began their task. Levites that were above the age of twenty were appointed to hasten on the execution of the divine command, (Ezra 3, 8)
But there was no withholding the elders of the Jews, so sure were they of the divine protection; the matter must be referred to Darius himself before they would meet the charge against them. (Ezra 5, 5)
Thou art commissioned by the king and his seven counsellors to visit Juda and Jerusalem in the name of that divine law thou carriest with thee, (Ezra 7, 14)
The day was divided into four parts; first they would stand in their places, while the terms of the Divine law were read to them, then they would make confession, and offer worship to the Lord their God. (Nehemiah 9, 3)
No memory of the wondrous protection thou hadst given them could win their obedience; they would spurn the yoke, and take their own defiant path, the path that led back to slavery. But thou, a God so indulgent, so kind, so merciful, so patient, so pitying, wouldst not abandon them; (Nehemiah 9, 17)
And God, finding his heart so loyal to the divine commands, won him favour with king Salmanasar. (Tobit 1, 13)
When Sennacherib came home from Judaea, escaping while he might from the divine vengeance his blasphemies had brought upon him, he killed many an Israelite in his anger; and these too Tobias would bury. (Tobit 1, 21)
Jerusalem, city of God, what divine punishments thy own ill deeds have brought on thee! (Tobit 13, 11)
This, then, is thy prophecy, that the race of Israel will find protection in their God? Thou hast a lesson still to learn; that Nabuchodonosor is god, and he only. (Judith 6, 2)
And what of those others, who could not hold out, submitting to the divine will, under these trials; who bore themselves impatiently, and did the Lord despite by complaining against him? (Judith 8, 24)
Then, her plea for the divine succour ended, Judith rose from the ground where she lay prostrate in the Lord’s presence, (Judith 10, 1)
What power divine crushes the enemy, but the Lord’s great name? (Judith 16, 3)
