 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pagina’s
...consolation of Israel ; and many devout persons rejoiced in the accomplishment of Micah's prediction. — " Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among...forth have been from of old, from everlasting." The jealousy of Herorl was roUsed by the first intelligence of our Redeemer's birth, and he earnestly conjured... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 488 pagina’s
...Ephratsh, though theu be little among the thou" sands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto me that "is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of *Js. ti;/. 14. | Ma'- •'• 20, 21, 23. \ Hie. « ":. w old, from everlasting." This was plainly... | |
 | 530 pagina’s
...respecting this city ? But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou belittle among the thousands of Judab, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto me, that...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting. It was on this account therefore, that an overruling Providence made it needful... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 336 pagina’s
...forth," Prov. viii. Further, the express voice of the prophets, " But " thou Bethlehem Ephrateh, though thou be little " among the thousands of Judah, yet...be ruler " in Israel, whose goings forth have been of old, "from everlasting" Micah. " Yet I am the Lord " thy God from the land of Egypt, and than shall... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 pagina’s
...and office of our Immanuel in the Old Testament, is to be found in the chapter preceding my text. " But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, " though thou be little...in Israel; whose goings forth have been " from of old, from everlasting.. And he shall stand " and feed in- the strength of the Lord, in the majesty... | |
 | 1808 - 702 pagina’s
...thing like it in the passage ? Let us examine it; the words are, " And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...forth have been from of old, from everlasting." The speaker in this passage, is evidently Jehovah, the Only Living and True God : the prophecy foretels,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pagina’s
...Jerusalem : they shall offer scornful usages to He/ekiah, king of Judah. V. 2 But thou flfth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. And thou, Beth-lchem Ephratah, though thou be but one of the smallest cities,... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1808 - 576 pagina’s
...Judea, according to what the prophet Mieah, ch. v. ver. 2, had foretold, " But thou Bethlehem, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. " This was so far from affording any satisfaction to Herod, that it rather inflamed... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pagina’s
...Bethlehem, the city of David, should have the honour of Jesus's birth. " Thou Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been of old, from everlasting." The import of the name is a singular circumstance. Bethlehem signifies,... | |
 | John Satchel - 1809 - 480 pagina’s
...shall rejoice at his birth,' Luke i. l4. The place of the Messiah's nativity was to be Bethlehem. ' But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting,' Mlc, v. 2.— The paraphrases written by our ancestors interpret this prophecy... | |
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But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 
