 | 1837 - 850 pages
...the LORD : I have performed the commandment of the LORD. . 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then (his bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? 1 5 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites : v for the people spared • Ver.... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm KRUMMACHER - 1838 - 242 pages
...Blessed be thou of the Lord ; I have performed the commandment of the Lord." But Samuel replied, " What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? Saul starts and feels embarrassed. But recovering himself again, he hypocritically says, " They have... | |
 | William Hill Tucker - 1838 - 512 pages
...— " Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have performed the commandment of the Lord." — What meaneth this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen, which I hear ? — is the reply of Samuel. He saw at once the fallacy — nay, the falsehood of the king. He saw... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...Saul said unto him, Blessed /' thou of the 14 LORD : I have performed the commandment of the LOUD. £7 his hand, even unto Arnon. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, anil the lowing of the 15 oxen which I hear? And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites... | |
 | 1838 - 786 pages
...the declarations and examples of Holy Writ," we are filled with astonishment, and ready to exclaim, " What meaneth, then, this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and this lowing of the oxen, which I hear?" — whence springs the pointed censure, the exceptions to unity,... | |
 | Protestant association - 1857 - 1224 pages
...the pages of the " Catholic Directory for 1860," the words of Samuel continually recur to our mind. " What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? " What mean grants to Maynooth, grants to schools, grants to reformatories, appointment of army chaplains,... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, .. _., . . „ ,,,. . ' ' '« What Aame follows sin detected What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine...brought them from the Amalekites : for the people spared die best" or the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God : and the rest we have utterly... | |
 | 1840 - 694 pages
...enforced such scenes — ' thine eye shall not pity, and thou shalt not spare ;' and, ' what meaneth this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen' — by which on this, and some other occasions, they diverted from the defenceless prisoners the rude... | |
 | Thomas Manton - 1840 - 478 pages
...that is, O Lord, they will say thou hast deceived them, it was thy prophets told them so. So Saul, " The people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen" (1 Sam. xv. 15) : and " I feared the people" (Verse 24). It was out of fear of others that entreated,... | |
 | 1841 - 766 pages
...Montrose was utterly routed, the text of the Presbyterian ministers, in reference to the prisoners, was, " What meaneth, then, this bleating of the sheep in mine ears ?" and when, in consequence of their remonstrances, these prisoners were barbarously murdered, one minister,... | |
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And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites : for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 
