...men were driven back ; that men skipped like rams and like lambs. It will prove, that Jer. 47: 6, " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest and be still ;" means that men should put up themselves into a scabbard, and there rest and be still. It will prove...

...where is thy victory ?" The following is an instance of personification and apostrophe unit ed : " O thou sword of the Lord ! how long will it be ere thou be quiet 1 put thyself up into thy scabbard, rest and be still! How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given...

...the resemblance is not accidental. In Jeremiah xlvii. 6, we meet with this bold personification — " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon?" The same metaphor is...

...is excited, godliness is making way. And, therefore, we will not say, in the words of the prophet, " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet 1 put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still." We will rather say with the Psalmist to Messiah,...

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...thee" (v. 17). And again we have this magnificent but terrible figure in Jeremiah (xlvii. 6, 7) : " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore...

...men were driven back ; that men skipped like rams and like lambs. It will prove, that Jer. 47: 6, " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest and be still ;" means that men should put up themselves into a scabbard, and there rest and be still. It will prove...

...leadership of emperor and king to be swept away like a spider's web. XV. LOSS AND GAIN. (1143-1169.) "O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere...up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore?...

...leadership of emperor and king to be swept away like a spider's web. XV. LOSS AND GAIN. (1143-1169.) "O them sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be...up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. I low can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkclon, and against the sea...

...leadership of emperor and king to be swept away like a spider's web. XV. LOSS AND GAIN. (1143-1169.) "O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere Ihou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the...