 | Josephine Pollard - 1890 - 596 páginas
...sword, and their women and children will be cruelly put to death. Hazael was astonished, and said, What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing? Elisha answered, The Lord hath chosen thee to be king over Syria. So Hazael went back to the king Benhadad,... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1891 - 392 páginas
...in the same cause ; " he would have been filled with surprise and indignation, and have exclaimed, " What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing? " — William Jay. As soon as Satan heard of the conversion of Saul, he ordered the devils into deep... | |
 | Benjamin Bartis Comegys - 1893 - 320 páginas
...gratuitous, unnecessary. To this you are all exposed, although you may now say, in your virtuous indignation, "What, is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing?" I was invited here to speak to young men and to say earnest and serious things to you. I determined... | |
 | 1865 - 398 páginas
...We read in the Bible of Hazael, who, when a prophet told him that he would kill his master, said, " What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing ?" And yet the next day he did it (2 Kings, viii. 12 — 14). Remember, "the heart is deceitful above... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 2007 - 369 páginas
...moral conduct of Hazael was foretold, in that cruelty he should be guilty of; on which Hazael says, "What! is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing!" The prophet speaks of the event as what he knew, and not what he conjectured, 2 Kings viii. 12, tel... | |
 | 1893 - 392 páginas
...me his name — and a minister of God told him he should do a horribly wicked thing, and he said, " What ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing?" And he went the next day, and did it. " He took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it... | |
 | John Flavel - 1671 - 572 páginas
...perfidiously into their hands that seek his life; he would have answered, as Hazael did to Elisha, " What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing 1" 2 Kings, 8 : 13. His wickedness first discovered itself in murmuring and discontent, taking a pique... | |
 | 1871 - 972 páginas
...Hazael shrunk with horror from the picture Elisha drew. He answered in confidence — in indignation, "What! is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing?" Yet the prophecy worked in him. It mastered every prompting of loyalty, friendship and principle ;... | |
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But what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing ?" we read, and it is one of those touching traits of which the Bible is so full, that the man of God looked upon him and wept. And well might he weep. Well might any man weep, if he will ever... 
