...building his ark. When the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilding after the captivity, the enemies said " even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break j$own their stone wall." It is related that when the commencement was made of laying the foundation...

...efforts, careless of the truth, that many have said, and affected to think, as to "that which (hey build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall." Neither frowns nor allurements have, for a moment, turned us aside from our purpose. To all considerations...

...rubbish which are burned ? Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they bnild, nd bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. And it came Hear, О our God ; for we are despised : and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them...

...from building the walls of Jerusalem, by heaping ridicule and scorn upon him. They said, artfully, " Even that which they build, if a fox go up he shall even break down their stone wall." But when these crafty and designing men found that the prophet was not to be arrested or disheartened...

...out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned ? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, amuel Bagster and Sons 4 Hear,* O our God; for we are 5 despised: and turn' their reproach upon their own head, and give them...

...of Israel ! " " What do these feeble Jews ? " said one who represented the opposition in all ages. " Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall." Such too is the estimate of the world, even of its princes, at all times and even in our day, who judge...

...kings and nobles looked upon us with surprise and contempt. "What do these feeble Jews?" they said. "If a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall." Next, they pitied us. " Poor orphans," they said, " that have no kings, nor church and state, to take...

...of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned .' 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God ; for we are *despised : and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them...

...here to be understood.—BÜRDER. CHAPTER IV. Ver. 3. Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their jstone wall. When men deride the workmanship of a mason, they say, " Che! why, if a dog or a jackal...

...We can hardly but allow that the Ammonitish taunt was recorded for our reproach : Even that ic/iirA they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. But to see our entire Church in General Assembly convened, the gravity of its deliberations, the Christian...