...hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly." (Ps. cxviii: 16.) * " Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the...not found it by secret search, but upon all these." (Jer. ii : 34.) To whom does this refer ? i;Thou hast holden me with thy right hand." (Ixxiii : 23.)...

...Jeremiah compares Jerusalem to a murderess, whose very garments were dabbled in their blood : " Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents ; " 2 for during the whole reign of Manasseh the prophetic voice was silent, owing to the violence...

...intolerant, and eager to crush out belief. And so Jeremiah, speaking of Jerusalem in Manasseh's days, says, ' In thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the...not found it by secret search, but upon all these (Jer. ii. 34).' Like Jehoiakim's murder of Urijah, Manasseh's bloodshed was done openly, to strike...

...reminds us of our chains broken."— P. 539. Surely the Lord is saying of Rome as of Jerusalem of old, " In thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the...not found it by secret search but upon all these." It was necessary to dwell at some length upon M. Arnaud's work, both on account of his social position...

...Jewish earth, the prophetic records and Christ's quotations from them, apply, for example : " Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the...found it by secret search but upon all these." The but indicates that the imputed crime was special to the Jewish people, (" all these,") and this passage...

...trimmest thou thy way to seek love; therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the...not found it by secret search, but upon all these. Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me : behold, I will plead...

...hell," (Heb. sheol, the grave.) Isaiah LHI : 12 ; " He poured out his soul unto death." Jer. n : 34 ; ''In thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents." xxxvm : 16 ; " The King sware, As the Lord liveth that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death,...

...described by the term blood ; as in Jeremiah : " Why trimmest tftou thy way to seek love ? — Even in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents," (ii. 33, 34.) And as hatred is denoted by blood, so likewise is every kind of iniquity, for hatred...

...sheep of Christ's which are among the nations, to seize them and to devour them in secret places? "Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the...innocents : I have not found it by secret search," (by "digging," as the margin reads, sc. to find the martyrs' graves,) " but upon all these." (Jer....

...trimmest thou thy way to seek love ? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. 34 Also * . ii, i * search, but upon all these. 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger...