...and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah ? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets...

...and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets...

...abolished. We see what came to pass in the days of the prophet Elijah : he saith, 1 Kings xix. 14. "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." But the Lord reproveth him, by telling him that he hath yet seven thousand in Israel, who have not...

...should have been that of Elijah when he came before the Lord God of Hosts with this lamentation, " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...prophets with the sword, and I, even I, only am left." But God soon caused him to shake off this unbecoming spirit, by declaring, that he had not left himself...

...shall have better company than that which has forsaken you in the way of God. Elijah complains, " They have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword , and 1, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." 1 Kings, 19 : 10. But all this did...

...say, in the spirit of Elijah, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the nations have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword?" Do you feel a jealousy for God, and mourn daily that He is so robbed of the affections, the homage,...

...complained that he was left alone — " O Lord, (said he,) they have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left." Elias does not speak of himself as the only prophet left, but the only true worshipper, as is plain...

...resent, and bewail his case? No, for /'Kings have, said he, been very jealous for the Lord of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy SERM. prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am LXVII. 14. What was the case of Jeremy? /, saith...

...him and said, " What dost thou here, Elijah ?" and he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain the prophets, and I only am left, and they seek my life also." And after a wind, that tore the rocks,...

...him and said, " What dost thou here, Elijah ?" and he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain the prophets, and I only am left, and they seek my life also." And after a wind, that tore the rocks,...