Fondare 582 Risultati per: Divine Strength
When first the divine voice made itself heard through Osee, this was the command given him: Wanton wed thou, wantons breed thou; in a wanton land thou dwellest, that keeps troth with its Lord never. (Hosea 1, 2)
And all the while I, none other, wear away strength of Ephraim and Juda alike; moth nor canker so surely! (Hosea 5, 12)
Foreign neighbours, all unawares, have drained the strength of him; the dark locks, all unawares, dappled with grey; (Hosea 7, 9)
But alas, shameful furrows✻ they were you traced, and what came of it? A harvest of wrong, fruit that cheated you in the tasting!So thou wouldst trust in thy own devices, in thy own warrior strength? (Hosea 10, 13)
Here was one that took precedence of✻ his brother even in the womb; strength was his, of celestial strength the rival. (Hosea 12, 3)
with his own voice the Lord heralds its coming. Wide it stretches, that host of the Lord, valiant it is, and ever ready to do his will. O great, O terrible day of the Lord; who shall find strength to bear it? (Joel 2, 11)
Thronging, thronging they come, in yonder valley to try their destiny, appointed trysting-place of a divine audit; (Joel 3, 14)
Speed shall be no profit to the speedy, strength to the strong; warrior shall not escape, (Amos 2, 14)
Roars lion, who but will tremble? Comes the divine warning, who but will prophesy?✻ (Amos 3, 8)
you would not come back to me, when ruin threatened, swift as the divine stroke that ruined Sodom and Gomorrha, and you yourselves were like a brand saved from the burning. (Amos 4, 11)
By my divine power I swear it, says the Lord God of hosts, pride of yours shall weary me, great houses of yours shall offend my sight, no longer; city and citizens, I will leave you at the enemy’s mercy. (Amos 6, 8)
Here, then, is the divine doom pronounced on thee: Wife of thine, here in the city streets, shall be dishonoured; sons and daughters of thine shall die at the sword’s point; lands of thine shall feel the measuring-rope. And for thyself, on unhallowed soil death awaits thee, when Israel is banished, as banished it needs must be, from the land of its birth. (Amos 7, 17)
