 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.  Niagara: A Poem - Pagina 164de Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - 1848 - 191 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | John Hey - 1801 - 278 pagini
...themselves, " after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the " blood gushed out upon them;"—"at noon Elijah " mocked them and said, cry aloud : for he...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a " journey, or pcradventure he sleepeth and must be " awaked." Here is malice mixed with delicate and refined ridicule.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pagini
...common among the worshi/ijiers of the sun, believing it via» that which put all 27 things into motion. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] perad28 venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked.» And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pagini
...the Lord he God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him. Elijah mocked the priests of Baal, saying, cry aloud for he is a god, either he is talking, or...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked. Ver. 29. There was neither voice nor any to answer. 2 Kinssxix. 18. They were no gods. Ch. xviii. 35.... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pagini
...made. . . .'. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he it a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure'he sleepeth, ac'd must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 pagini
...but himself. Elijah uses the same mode of ex* pression to the false prophets, (1 Kings, xviii. 27.) " Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The words, taken in this sense, lead us to reflect, I. On the vices young people too commonly fall... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 pagini
...Elijah uses the same mode of expression to the false prophets, ( 1 Kings, xviii. 27.) " Cry aloud 5 for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The words, taken in this sense, lead us to reflect, I. On the vices young people too commonly fall... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pagini
...us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 pagini
...the priests of Baal, mocked them with the most pointed irony, or ridicule, and said of their god, " Cry aloud, for he is a god, either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." (1 Kings xviii. 27.) A similar passage is to be found in the book of the Prophet Isaiah, (ch. xliv.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 pagini
...imagine any thing more ludicrous and satyrical than Elijah's advice to the besotted priests of Baal ? He mocked them and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a God...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity ; and yet in no author... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 660 pagini
...imagine any thing more ludicrous and satyricatahan Elijah's advice to the besotted priests of Baal ? He mocked them and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a God...in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must he awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity ; and yet... | |
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