...nation, were known no more; and they accomplished the predictions which they had disbelieved, by becoming "an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word among all nations whither the Lord" hath "led them." To the Jews, then, primarily, was the parable spoken ; but it was not spoken to them...

...express, but in the words of the prophetic account of it, given so many ages before it came to pass : Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word,...The appearance of a standing miracle, in the Jews * P. S40, ftc. f P. 25-2, &c. J Deiit. xxviii. 37. remaining a distinct people in their dispersion,...

...gropeth in darkness ; thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword...among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee" (Deut. xxviii. 28, 21), 37). " All these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake...

...them, that if so they still shewed themselves, God would scatter them. (Deut. xxviii.37.;) " And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,...among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee." Thus were they warned ; but it was unheeded, and at last it came : and now they are in all lands. Wherever...

...them, that if so they still shewed themselves, God would scatter them. (Deut. xx\Taij37i) " And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb. and a byword,...among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.'' Thus were they warned'-; but it was unheeded, and at last it came : and now they are in all lands....

...thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,...among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall...

...therein receiving the curse for disobedience pronounced upon breakers of the law in Deut. xviii : Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word among all nations. If, on the contrary, they had obeyed the law, they would have received the blessings for obedience...

...might be refuted as proving nothing ; there would be no difficulty to cite a multitude (1) And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word...among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee (Deut. 28, 37). of events, manifestations of Jewish conception of duty in all times and countries which...

...neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb and a byword among all nations whither Yahweh shall lead thee. olives shall drop off. All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust...

...as fierce. An eagle was their emblem. They spared neither age nor sex. 2. Deut. 28:37. "Thou shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations, whither the Lord shall lead thee." This name is "sheenie" and it is an interesting word, and no two dictionaries give the same derivation...