 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto...  The volume of the affections; or, Bridal offering - Strona 15autor: Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1836 - Liczba stron: 510Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | James Grant - 1839 - Liczba stron: 746
...Missionary Society, he gave out, to the astonishment of all present, the following verse from Jeremiah — "The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead then- dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and to drink offerings unto other gods, that they... | |
 | Robert Weaver - 1840 - Liczba stron: 234
...Britain. Now, how naturally does this remind us of the practice of the Jews in Jeremiah's time : — " Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah...the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger." Jer. vii. 17, 18. And in ch. xliv. 19, the women... | |
 | John Woolman - 1840 - Liczba stron: 364
...towards idolatrous sacrifice, i>y the similitude of a work carried on by children, men, and women : " The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the...their dough to make cakes to the queen of heaven." Jer. vii. 18. It was a complaint of the Lord against Israel, through his prophet Ezekiel, that " they... | |
 | Robert Stephens McAll - 1840 - Liczba stron: 500
...condition even of the happiest among Christian countries, a voice should suddenly address him and say—" Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?" But it is time that we recall our thoughts from the imagined sentiments and impressions... | |
 | 1867 - Liczba stron: 396
...to take a lesson from the apostate Jews in this particular. " Seest thou not," asks the prophet, " what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather the wood ; and the fathers kindle the fire ; and the women knead their dough, to make cakes for the... | |
 | David Everard Ford - 1841 - Liczba stron: 130
...cakes for the queen of heaven, they found something for every oue to do, so may we : the children may gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough (Jer. vii. 18) : the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the learned and the illiterate, may... | |
 | 1842 - Liczba stron: 72
...taught to assist in the service of this idol-worship, in gathering the wood used in baking the cakes. " The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the...unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger."* Idolatry still enlists the service of the young, as will be seen in the accounts that follow. In India,... | |
 | John Sydenham - 1842 - Liczba stron: 86
...was ready to be poured upon them, and the denunciation was declared by the prophet Jeremiah :— " The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the...make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods." [Jerem : vii, 18; xliv, 19.] These also were the offerings of which... | |
 | 1843 - Liczba stron: 548
...Dissenters and Wesleyans. Their principle is that of division and sub-division of territory and labour. " The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the...fire, and the 'women knead their dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods" (Jer. vii. 18). Thus it is... | |
 | James Grant - 1843 - Liczba stron: 428
...Missionary Society, he gave out to the astonishment of all present, the following verse from Jeremiah — " The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the...fire, and the women knead their dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and to drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger."... | |
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