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Not to the terrors of the Lord Sinai and Sion, Heb. 12. 18 &c

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 152, under Hebrews 12:18.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 152

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Hebrews 12:18 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

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STANZA I

Not to the terrors of the Lord

Not to the terrors of the Lord,

The tempest, fire, and smoke,

Not to the thunder of that word

Which God on Sinai spoke;

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Hebrews 12:18. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; HEBREWS 12:18 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ HEBREWS 12

Not to the terrors of the Lord, The tempest, fire, and smoke, Not to the thunder of that word Which God on Sinai spoke; STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “Composed on divine subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 181 hymns. This is number 152. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 152 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Not to the terrors of the Lord

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