Sentences with phrase «visited upon any people»

«The destruction of the firstborn sons of Egypt was something that the previous Pharaoh had visited upon the people of Israel 80 years earlier when the Egyptian army killed all the newborn sons of Israel two years old and younger»

In the repeated phrase «yet have you not returned unto me» Amos makes it clear that the very catastrophe which Yahweh visits upon his people is itself an expression of his love and faithfulness, since out of this negative action he seeks to bring about a reconciliation with prideful rebellious Israel.

They have endured the most ruthless and long - continued persecution ever visited upon any people.

Is there any other nation on earth that such evil will be visited upon its people by its own government and such a group of rampaging beasts that those people will not agitate to leave?

But to the point of the post, given the calls by some to limit population growth, it seems the rates of carnage and degradation visited upon the people of these areas is a small price to pay for the preservation of «wild» spaces.

Not exact matches

CEO Richard Branson, immediately upon learning of the tragedy, wrote a brief message about his personal grief even as he prepared for an in - person flight to visit the crash site to meet with the people involved.

For example, if a person frequently visits forum sites upon which you advertise, you can limit the number of times your ads appear to this person, since they have likely already acted or are not interested in your product / service.

When parents in a society with race lines look with apprehension upon the marriage of their child to a person of a different race, they have in view the indignities and disabilities which the unjust society will visit upon the couple and upon their children and their children's children.

He says at one point that «the Country Parson upon the afternoons in the weekdays takes occasion sometimes to visit in person, now one quarter of his Parish, now another.

Under all variations of form, they continued to affirm that in the events out of which the Christian Church arose there was a conclusive act of God, who in them visited and redeemed His people; and that in the corporate experience of the Church itself there was revealed a new quality of life, arising out of what God had done, which in turn corroborated the value set upon the facts.

«We spent a little time with Peter to decide on the form of the sculpture - it was important that it offered something to reflect upon as people enjoy the open space of our church grounds, or as they visit to remember a loved one.

As decades pass, as the memorial retains its «most visited» status, people will look upon this found I — beam cross and see it with the same significance that one looks at the medieval cathedrals of Europe.

Although some of the evils visited upon us arise out of immoral actions knowingly perpetrated, many of them are the work of persons who are doing what they honestly believe to be for the good.

They need to be able to fight off the sane people when their vengeful god visits distruction upon the non-believers.

Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, «A great prophet has risen up among us»; and, «God has visited His people.»

Greek culture and language, the cultivation of the body, sex and family mores at odds with the traditions of Yahwism - Judaism, fascination with the visual arts — all of this Hellenistic world pressed in upon Judaism and Jerusalem and even infiltrated in the persons of regularly visiting Jews from communities outside Palestine.

A number of Lancashire MPs have expressed concern over the visit, while more than 7,000 people have signed a petition calling upon the Government to refuse him entry to the UK.

I mean, really, all the thousands upon thousands of interviews you had to of done, all the mosques you must have visited, all the traveling and expenses you must have had to deal with, and even having to get to know every single Muslim in America well enough to have a very clear and deep understanding of these people, their practices, their very detailed personal beliefs, and how each of them interpret the text and follow through with their own meaning.

That is Heaven to him... to see your eternal suffering down his nose while he is (of course) perfectly deserving of eternal happiness for visiting the most horrendous things upon innocent people.

The sites rely upon both diner reviews and in - person visits from appointed representatives who verify chefs» identities and kitchen standards.

I tried scouting apartments while still in California, but the best thing is to visit the area and the building in person, so we actually Airbnb'd it upon moving here so that I could get a better feel for the neighborhoods and physically visit apartments before committing to one.

This person may not have turned up if you had visited only a single site, but with more free dating sites, you could have a wider opening and finally hit upon the suitable person.

To document the toll that «progress» is taking on the planet, director Jennifer Baichwal carted her camera to a number of dumping grounds around the People's Republic, capturing in breathtaking detail the fallout being visited upon the region due to the headlong rush to Westernize.

Each statement had to present a clear and focused purpose of the group's memorial as well as convey the emotion that people should feel upon visiting the site.

Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a home visit before adoption approval if the person has not owned a dog or if there are issues with application Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive all vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have all tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption.

For decades, millions upon millions of people have safely visited this resort region and enjoyed its beauty, hospitality, entertainment and recreational opportunities.

Lounge access charges can be billed by PPL to the American Express AeroplanPlus Reserve Card connected to the Cardmember's PP membership upon PP's receipt of notification from the lounge visited.

The Studios» residency program is community - based and built upon the hope that visiting artists will take inspiration from Key West's rich artistic past and present, and will engage with — and be inspired by — the remarkable people and culture that surrounds them.

That may be changing here in Canada, though: we visited Canada's first official tiny house festival over the weekend, along with hundreds of curious people who descended upon Lantier, a small municipality an hour and a half north of Montreal, Quebec, which recently approved a sustainable housing development for small homes under 1000 square feet in size, without basements.

It is an impression that we have since shared with other tourists who have visited Canada... Upon arrival in Toronto we were horrified to see great oceans of car parks deserting the landscape and 12 lane high ways, rammed packed with huge SUVs, with people going no where.

And this is what I understand to be the meaning of our lawyers, when they say that these civil corporations are liable to no visitation; that is, that the law having by immemorial usage appointed them to be visited and inspected by the king their founder, in his majesty's court of king's bench, according to the rules of the common law, they ought not to be visited elsewhere, or by any other authority.53 And this is so strictly true, that though the king by his letters patent had subjected the college of physicians to the visitation of four very respectable persons, the lord chancellor, the two chief justices, and the chief baron; though the college had accepted this carter with all possible marks of acquiescence, and had acted under it for near a century; yet, in 1753, the authority of this provision coming in dispute, on an appeal preferred to these supposed visitors, they directed the legality of their own appointment to be argued: and, as this college was a mere civil, and not an eleemosynary foundation, they at length determined, upon several days solemn debate, that they had no jurisdiction as visitors; and remitted the appellant (if aggrieved) to his regular remedy in his majesty's court of king's bench.

Premium to be charged is depend upon the age band of the insured person, duration of the journey and the country where he needs to visit.

«Any honest account must acknowledge the collateral damage it has permitted to be visited upon real people whose reputations, privacy, and dignity have been hurt in ways that defy redress,» Zittrain wrote.

Open adoption allows identifying information to be shared between both parties, along with phone calls, emails, in - person visits and an agreed upon amount of contact after placement.