 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 Seiten
...but am slow of speech and of a slow tongue ;" and Jeremiah besought the Lord to excuse him, saying, " Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child ;" and Isaiah, though it is probable his words referred more directly to moral unfitness, when contemplating... | |
 | Henry Scougal - 1831 - 282 Seiten
...from the womb, and ordained a prophet to the nations, when he received his commission, he cried out, Ah! Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. And Ezekiel though strengthened and confirmed by God, yet went unwillingly; yea, in the bitterness... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 Seiten
...earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee ; and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child. 7 IT But the LORD said unto me, -Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 278 Seiten
...in my path, and of my own littleness, I trembled, and exclaimed in the language .of Jeremiah, — ' Ah, Lord God ! behold I cannot speak : for I am a child.' But I was immediately strengthened by these interrogations : ' Is any thing too hard for the Lord ?' Is... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 264 Seiten
...mountains in my path, and of my own littleness, I trembled, and exclaimed in the language of Jeremiah,—' Ah, Lord God ! behold I cannot speak : for I am a child.' But I was immediately strengthened by these interrogations : ' Is any thing too hard for the Lord ?' Is... | |
 | B. A. S., Barbara Allan Simon - 1832 - 234 Seiten
...commission ; he felt his own insignificance so poignantly, that in the language of complaint he said : " Ah, LORD God ! behold I cannot speak, for I am a child." What was the return ? — " Say not I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I will send thee ;... | |
 | George Bush - 1832 - 250 Seiten
...being the Lord's messenger, saying, 'I am a man of unclean lips;' and Jeremiah was led to exclaim, 'Ah, Lord •God ! behold I cannot speak; for I am a child.' Moses knew that he was obnoxious to Pharaoh, odious to the Egyptian nation, and not in faver with his... | |
 | 1833 - 378 Seiten
...the Lord was kindled against Moses." Jeremiah was equally unwilling to do as the Lord commanded him. "Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak; for I am a child." Your pastor, or other judicious friends, will be better able than you to judge how far your excuse... | |
 | American education society - 1833 - 406 Seiten
...the Lord was kindled against Moses." Jeremiah was equally unwilling to do as the Lord commanded him. "Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak ; for I am a child." Your pastor, or other judicious friends, will be better able than you to judge how far your excuse... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1853 - 274 Seiten
...duty. With the modesty so common an attendant on. genius and true worth, he desired to be excused : "Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child." But gathering confidence from the promise of divine aid, he entered on the responsible task. And a responsible... | |
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Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 
