 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter) - Page 113by Jacques Saurin - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Robert Ainslie - Apologetics - 1831 - 290 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; that bringeth the princes to nothing, and maheth the judges of the. earth as nothing."\ While the... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." Jeremiah also says, " He hath made the earth by His power, He huth established the world by His wisdom,... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1832 - 656 pages
...mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance:" he who "sitting upon the orbit of the earth, stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." Nations to him are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; and yel,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Creation - 1832 - 100 pages
...has given a correct and beautiful idea of what was now done, when he says, ' It is he that stretcheth out the Heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in." 61 . " But," said Harriet, " father, was there no space, about the earth, before this ?" " Doubtless... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they... | |
 | George Campbell - Oratory - 1832 - 320 pages
...small dust ; yea, less than nothing and vanity;' seeing it is ' He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an eclogue, in the smiling images he gives us of peace,... | |
 | William M'Gavin - Protestantism - 1833 - 764 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." All this seems to be for the gracious purpose of confirming the faith of his people in the Saviour,... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 18 That bringeth the princes to nothing; hemaketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 19 Yea, they shall... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1833 - 512 pages
...circle of the eartli, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshopper!; that stretcheth out the heaven as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isa. xL & Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1834 - 536 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers: that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain; and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." "Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends... | |
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