...favor to them at the time of their final restoration. " Thus saith the Lord God, / will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock."* And with the restoration and increase to which the...

...with reference to these very promised blessings — "Thus saith the Lord God¡ 1 will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them." So also, when the prophet Daniel "understood by books," that the captivity of his people in Babylon...

...of the divinely appointed means: for thus it is written: "Thus saith the Lord, I will yet, for this, be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them." Kzek. xxxvi. 37. Wherefore, it must be entirely owing to his own sad neglect, if he is deprived of...

...sinners, and the ultimate triumph of the Redeemer's kingdom. The Loid himself affirms, " For this will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them." As the millennial day approaches, the prayers of the church will undoubtedly be more frequent, more...

...heart, to put his Spirit within us, and to cause us to walk in his statutes." " I will yet for all this be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them." How can we expect the presence of God with us, if we do not invite him by prayer ? Or the power of...

...heart," he says, "I will give you, and a right spirit I will put within you;" but, observe, it is added, "for all these things I will be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them." We must all lie down in despair if it were not for these promises: but since we have them, and from...

...reflections on the character and promises of God naturally lead to application : for in all these things he will be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them. This should remind us of David's prayer, in which we have, III. The expression of his desires ; " Be...

...without a divine influence ; and that influence is to be secured only by prayer. — God has said that he will be " inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them." Prayer then, let it never be forgotten, secures the blessing on every other means which the church...

...extraordinary prayers of his people ; as is manifested by Ezek. xxxvi. 37. " I will yet, for this, be inquired of, by the house of Israel, to do it for them ;" together with the context. And it is revealed that, when God is about to accomplish great things...

...Ghost. When a new heart and a new spirit are promised in Ezekiel, it is added, / will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. 3. Habitual dependence on divine influence is an important duty. This may be considered as opposed...