 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! To what end is it for you? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.  The Quarterly Review - Page 5291865Full view - About this book
 | Luke Milbourne - 1722 - 454 lehte
...by others to be in the right Amos 5. JP^i this is> (to nfe the Prophet's Expreflion) 19. as if a MM did flee from a Lion, and a Bear met him, or went into the Houfe, and les-ifd bh Hand, on the If all and a Serpent bh him .- ie when he thinks he has avoided... | |
 | Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 542 lehte
...holes and chinks of the walls of the Eajlern houfes, is fuppofed by the prophet Amos, when he fays, "As if a man " did flee from a lion, and a bear did meet " him ; or went into the houfe, and leaned " his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit " him'."... | |
 | Robert Macculloch - 1791 - 750 lehte
...the day of the Lord: to what end * is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darknefs, and * not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a ' bear met him ; or went into the houfe, and leaned ' his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit him. Shall ' not the day of the Lord be... | |
 | 1799 - 224 lehte
...desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it for you ? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, And a bear met him. Amos v. 18, 19. Solomon, also, compares a wicked and unprincipled ruler to the lion and the bear :... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 618 lehte
...in the land ; I was then told by the Spirit, " that their running from dangers was like a man, that did flee from a lion and a bear met him : or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him :" for though the sword was not there, some fatal disease... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 460 lehte
...from one mifchief, while they fiee not to the great rock, they (hall fall into another: Amos, v. i9. "As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him : or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit him." — It imports, 6. That Chrift is a... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 436 lehte
...from God, is but vanity, and cannot deliver ; nay, it expofes them to the way of evil : Amos, v. iy. " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met hint i or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a ferpent bit him." The Jews,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 lehte
...the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and 19 not light ; it will be very different fnm what you expect. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house to escape a storm, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him ; you may hope for relief... | |
 | 1807 - 474 lehte
...be superstition, he may soon become really Schiematical and prophane, which is as if a man did jke from a Lion and a Bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a Serpent bit hiw\. Suppose there were some evil mixtures in our administration... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 lehte
...comfort : they shall find it is not a day for mirth or pleasure, but for heaviness and sorrow. V. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. It shall be with you, as with a man, who, flying from... | |
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