...God was their rock, and the High God their Redeemer." But the sorest word ever sent to Israel was, " Why should ye be stricken any more, ye will revolt more and more ?" Christ's sheep, still silly sheep, left to themselves will still stray ; but from afar they cry,...

...was their rock, and the high God their Redeemer. The sorest word ever spoken to them, I think, was " why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more." But though silly sheep still, though still straying, counting the cost, we can say, "seek thy servant."...

...forsaken the Lord; they have provoked the holy One of Israel unto anger ; they are gone away backward. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick and the whole heart faint :" strong figures of speech, intimating the desperately...

..." waiting that he may be gracious " to you. He directed his prophet to say to rebellious Israel, " Why should ye be stricken any more ; ye will revolt more and more." But he has not yet begun to withhold correction from you. Once more he has made you feel his rod, and...

...their correction ? Can we expect any other than that God should say, as he has said in former times, " Why should ye be stricken any more — ye will revolt more and moret the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint 'f Can we expect otherwise than that God...

...and serving him — that it would be just should he now say, Let her alone, she is joined unto idols. Why should ye be stricken any more : ye will revolt more and more. Let no fruit grow on tltee henceforth forever. But O, I am yet a probationer. I pray that I may not...

...kingdom, their comforts destroyed, and themselves exposed to their enemies, it was said of them, " Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint." These judgments, though they had not led them...

...the LORD, they have v provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are f gone away backward. 5 ^ tant. CHAP. XXXV. 1 By the obedience of the Rechabites, 12 Jeremia : t Heb. the whole head is sick, and the whole '"£,'1" heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even...

...guilt is full, that He may sweep us from the face of the earth ; as He says in Isaiah, to the Jews, " Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more 2 ;" and again, because " the people turneth not to Him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the...

...for the Lord hath said, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Why should ye be stricken any more ? Ye will revolt more and more ; the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there...