 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.  Curious Myths of the Middle Ages - Pagina 32door Sabine Baring-Gould - 2007 - 388 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Harris Rule - 1877 - 286 pagina’s
...lady of the arrow, or the rod.1 Hosea lamented that the Hebrews had fallen into the same custom : " My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them .... they have gone a whoring (that is to say, they have committed apostasy), from under their... | |
 | John Henry Gray - 1878 - 566 pagina’s
...divination similar to this, a reference appears to be made in the prophecy of Hosea (iv. 12) — " My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them," &c. This method of divination, Jerome states, was much observed by the Assyrians and Babylonians.... | |
 | James Wolfendale - 1879 - 762 pagina’s
...similitude of an ox " ( ! 's. cvi. 20). IV. Sensual indulgences axe oftenconnected with superstition. " My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them." It was a sad fall for the people of the living God to consult a heathen staff and say to mere... | |
 | 1880 - 602 pagina’s
...twigs of the tamarisk. ' The prophet Hosea evidently refers to this custom when he says (iv. 12), " My people ask counsel at their stocks ; and their staff declareth unto them." It most therefore have been practised in Western Asia at least as early as BC 700. See also... | |
 | John McClintock, James Strong - 1880 - 1114 pagina’s
...supernatural agency attached to the rods of Moses and Aaron. It is alluded to in Hos. iv. 12 • " My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them." It was tober, 1747. After this he went to Virginia, but not being permitted to preach there,... | |
 | rev. Thomas Pearson - 1881 - 308 pagina’s
...The context shows, that the prophet is speaking of religious apostasy. In the next verse we read, " My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them ; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under... | |
 | Henrietta Lee Palmer - 1881 - 462 pagina’s
...foolish practice of their Gentile neighbors, is seen by the divine reproof at the mouth of the prophet: "My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them" (Hos. iv. 12). Divination by inspection of the liver — the organ supposed by the ancients to... | |
 | George Rawlinson, M.A. - 1881 - 596 pagina’s
...twigs of the tamarisk. 8 The prophet Hosea evidently refers to this custom when he says (iv. 12), " My people ask counsel at their stocks; and their staff declareth unto them." It must therefore have been practised in Western Asia at least as early as BC 700. See also... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 818 pagina’s
...deccouvrent I 'Illusion des Philosopher tur fa Baguette (1696). This text is translated in our Bible, " My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them." Now, have here no reference to the search for wells and minerals, but to a form of divination... | |
 | 1883 - 884 pagina’s
...deccouvrent 1' Illusion des Philosophes sur la Baguette" (1696). This text is translated in our Bible, " My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them." Now, we have here no reference to the search for wells and minerals, but to a form of divination... | |
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