...years." THE JEWS. There are three remarkable prophecies concerning the Jews. 1. "The children of Isreal shall abide many days without a king, and without...image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim," Hos. iii, 4. ' 2. "The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even...

...bring her to the temple ; but nevertheless this is not (says the prophet) improper for Go:d to do. They shall abide many days without a king, and without...image, and without an ephod, and without Teraphim. And aftenvards the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king...

...desolate been set up?" and has not your nation (ic use the words of another of your proplu.: .) ubode " many days without a king, and without a prince. and...image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim* ?" It was likewise foretold by Daniel, that the * Hosea ill. 4-- Messiah would "seal up the vision...

...that the whole -will be amply fulfilled in a proper course of time. The children of Israel, says he, shall abide many days without a king, and without...prince, and -without a sacrifice, and without an image (or altar) and -without an ephod (or priest to wear an ephod) and -without teraphim (or Divine manifestations.)...

...shall be saved. Again, Hos. iii. 4, 5, the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, &c. Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and...seek the Lord their God, and David their king ; and fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days. Again, it is expressly promised, 2 Cor. iii. 16,...

...perfect view, their hair with fillets tied. No. 6. The most difficult passage, perhaps, is Hosea iii. 4. "The children of Israel shall abide many days without...prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, matzibeh, which [FRAGMENT, No. 166,] might refer to a monument of a covenant sacrifice, or pacificatory...

...iii. 4, 5, is the next passage. It is as follows : " The children of Israel shall abide many clays without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an ephod, and without a teraphim. Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their...

...thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man : so will 1 also be for thee. 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without...a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an cphod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their...

...that arc yet to come, when he speaks of them, as being many days without a king, without a prince, -without a sacrifice, and -without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim, Hos. iii. 4. which seems to point at the condition in which they now are ; and he adds, in the following...

...the Divine blessing we shall in due time reap if we faint not. " ' The children of Israelhave abode many days without a king, and without a prince, and...image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim.' But let us not forget that God hath also said, ' Afterwards they shall return, and seek the Lord their...