...than huge columns of the darkest exhalations began to 2 ascend.—Smoke is the symbol of judgments. ' There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire...of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it, ' Ps. xviii. 8. ' Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou whole Palestina art dissolved : for there shall come...

...God : he heard my voice out of his temple, ami mj cry came before him, fro« into his ears. 7 Then e ( ~. 8 There went up я smoke oui of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kiijdleii...

...in her loftiest hours, would not have dared to • utter such magnificent language as this : " Then the earth shook and trembled : the foundations also...hills moved and were shaken, because He was wroth He bowed the heavens also and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub...

...his anger ; he shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillows thereof tremble. At his presence the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations also...hills moved, and were shaken, because he was wroth." " Thou coveredst the earth with the deep, as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains....

...Shakspeare, in her loftiest hours, would not have dared to utter such magnificent language as this : " Then the earth shook and trembled : the foundations also...hills moved and were shaken, because He was wroth He bowed the heavens also and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub...

...my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations also...of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was j* 8 There went up a smoke || out of his nostrils, and fire iiHeb.s»«,. out of his mouth devoured...

...down to the very depths, and out of these depths they send up this smoke of repentance. Ver. 9. — He bowed the heavens also and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And this the history also confesses, saying, u And a thick cloud began to cover the mountain." And Deut....

...thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Ps. xviii. 8 : There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire...of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. JER. i. 10: See, 1 have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and...

...uses are indeed very strong and hyperbolical; they are similar to those Peal, xvlii.8. ' There went a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it.' Ovid. Metam. viii. does not scruple to paint the enraged boar in figures equally bold. c Fulmcn ab...

...indeed Terr strong aod hyperbolical; they are similar to these Rsal. xviH.fi. ' Tliere went a smoke oat of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it.' Ovid Metam. viii. does not scruple to paint the enraged boar in figures equally bold. ' Fnlmcn abore...