 The kings came and fought, Then fought the kings of Canaan In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; They took no gain of money. They fought from heaven; The stars in their courses fought against Sisera, The river of Kishon swept them away, That ancient river,...  Griffin ahoy! A yacht cruise to the Levant - Seite 214von Edward Herbert Maxwell - 1882Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1902 - 642 Seiten
...The fierce joy of the ancient fighters burns in the magnificent Hebrew ballad of Jael and Sisera : ' They fought from heaven ; the stars in their courses...swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. . . . Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber... | |
 | Job Orton - 1805 - 430 Seiten
...another and enmity to God's people ; a vast army, that filled the country and ^20 reached to the waters of Megiddo. They fought from heaven ; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera ; Jehovah was on Israel's side ; dreadful meteors, fierce flashes of lightning, imfietuous storms... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1806 - 460 Seiten
...Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. LECTURE VI. HISTORY OF DEBORAH. 253 Judg, v. 20, 21 — They fought from heaven; the stars in . their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kibhon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon : O, my soul, thou hast trodden down... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 564 Seiten
...!" Christ with his heavenly host was engaged in that battle ; and therefore it is said, ver. 20; " They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera." The work of God therefore in this victory and deliverance that Christ and his host wrought for Israel,... | |
 | Elijah Parish - 1813 - 558 Seiten
...this region, Judg, iv, and probably in the time of a violent freshet. Hence in her song Deborah says, "the river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river the river Kishon." When the prophet Elijah had convinced the people of Israel, that Jehovah was the true God, he commanded... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 568 Seiten
...strength! Christ with his heavenly host was engaged in that battle ; and therefore it is said, ver. 20, They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The work of God therefore, in this victory and deliverance which Christ and his host wrought for Israel,... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1825 - 920 Seiten
...influences <>f the Pleiades, or loose the bonds of Orion?" We are instructed in the book of Judges, that " they fought from heaven ; the stars in their courses •' fought against Sisera." The ancient philosophers were unanimous in the same opinion ; and among the moderns, we may cite Lord Bacon,... | |
 | 1827 - 72 Seiten
...influences of the Pleiades, or loose the bonds of Orion ?" We are instructed in the book of Judges, that " they fought from heaven ;" the stars in their courses " fought against Sisera." The ancient philosophers were unanimous in the same opinion ; and among the moderns, we may scite Lord... | |
 | 1820 - 688 Seiten
...deliberation. 310 [JlWE. Verses 20,21, 22. — But all nature seemed to conspire against these deadly foes : They fought from heaven The stars in their courses, Fought against Sisera. The river Kishon carried them away. That ancient river, the river KUhon. My soul, thou hast trodden on the mighty. Then... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 336 Seiten
...Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. LECTURE VI. HISTORY OF DEBORAH. 39 JUDGES V. 20, 21. — They fought from heaven : the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon : O my soul, thou hast troddea down... | |
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