 | Isaac Watts - 1833 - 330 pages
...blessed Saviour; and these were Balaam and Job. 25 Q. What did Balaam say concerning Christ? A. "There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall...the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Seth ; Seir and Edom shall be a possession ; and out of Jacob shall come he who shall have dominion."... | |
 | John Sheppard - Consolation - 1833 - 404 pages
...near was Messiah's first victorious coming, when Balaam, in reluctant trance, had lately uttered, " I shall see Him, but not now, I shall behold Him, but not nigh; there shall come a star out of Jacob j" — when one patriarch had declared in dying, " the sceptre shall not depart from Judah, until... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Bible - 1839 - 288 pages
...wasted, and finally carried to Babylon by the Assyrians. See 1 Chron. 2 : 55. the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : I shall...be a possession for his enemies ; and Israel shall Jo valiantly. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth... | |
 | Thomas Bilby - 1834 - 188 pages
...Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."—Gen. xlix. 10. Salaam's Prophecy. " I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him,...the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Seth."—Numbers xxiv. 17. Moses' Prophecy. " The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet, from... | |
 | Robert Haldane - Bible - 1834 - 526 pages
...is, that it has its full and entire accomplishment in Jesus Christ the Messiah. These expressions, " I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him,...of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel," prove that Balaam does not speak here of the nation of Israel, for he beheld them ranged according... | |
 | Matthew Anderson (M.A.) - 1834 - 344 pages
...the glories of the great Messiah, and thus breaks forth in all the sublimity of prophetic rapture. " I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him,...of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel." Struck with an exalted perception of the happiness which awaits the people of God, and it may be, too,... | |
 | Baptists - 1834 - 680 pages
...give the land from the river Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.1 Gen. xv. 18. ' There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall...the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Seth. And £dom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be & possession for htt enemies ; and Israel... | |
 | John Brewster - Church year meditations - 1834 - 382 pages
...than can be drawn by the most reflecting mind from the events of the most interesting narrative. " I shall see him, but not now, I shall behold him,...nigh; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel '." The star travelled with the wise men from Chaldea, till it became... | |
 | Education - 1835 - 670 pages
...having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him — but not now : I shall behold him — but not niffh : There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall...the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Shelh. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies ; And Israel... | |
 | Jacob Henry B. Mountain - Sermons, English - 1835 - 482 pages
...Balaam, compelled to behold in vision the glorious reign of the 1 See John ix. 7. Messiah, exclaims, " I shall see Him, but not now; I shall behold Him,...shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall arise out of Israel 1 ." And the prophet Micah, in similar strains, predicts, " But thou, Bethlehem-Ephratah,... | |
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I shall see him, but not now : | I shall behold him, but not nigh : | there shall come a Star out of Jacob, | and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, | and shall smite the corners of Moab, ; and destroy all the children of Sheth. 
