...impatience. Elijah sorrowed for the sin of his people — his burthen was the weight of national guilt: "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to VOL. xxiv. u take it away." For many long years Elijah had warned this rebellious nation — he had...

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...but replies in justification of himself, " I have been very jealous, for the Lord God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." He was then commanded to stand on the Mount before God, and the Almighty One passed by: " Who layeth...

...What doest thou here, Elijah ? " he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord G-od of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." He, however, was greatly mistaken ; for God said unto him, " I have left me seven thousand in Israel,...

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...awfulness. Fear changes not the tenor of Elijah's answer : he hath not left a word behind him in the cave. " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts,...only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away/' I hear not a direct answer from the prophet to the demand of God ; then he had said, I run away from...

...What doest thou here, Elijah 1 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...and I, even I only am left, and they seek my life to lake it away. And He said, go forth and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed...

...and Jehu kings, and Elisha prophet. AM 3098. n And behold, there came a voice — — '• — - unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 14 °...and they seek my life to take it away. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus : f and when thou comest, anoint...

...Which Addressed him in the Cave of his concealment from Jezebel's persecution in Mount Horeb, said, '/ ! And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus ; and...Saying unto him, "Saul! Saul! Why persecutest thou And The LORD Said unto him, 'Go, return on thy way to the Wilderness of Damascus ;' and after Giving...