Answer:
"Thus says the Lord".
Explanation:
The books of the Holy Bible, especially those of the Old Testament, are believed by their respective writers to be from God directly. This was shown in their writings with the use of the phrase "<em>Thus says the Lord</em>". Adding this phrase in their writings or recounts of the events, the authors cement the origin of these book as being genuinely told or gotten from God.
Some examples of such verses are-
1. 2 Chronicles 34: 24
- <em>Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah. </em>
2. Isaiah 7:7
- <em>Thus says the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.</em>
3. Exodus 4:22
- <em>And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, Israel is My son, even My firstborn.</em>
4. Isaiah 56:4
- <em>For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths and choose the things which please Me and hold firmly My covenant --</em>
Answer:
During Mary's five-year reign, around 280 Protestants were burned at the stake for refusing to convert to Catholicism, and a further 800 fled the country. This religious persecution earned her the notorious nickname 'Bloody Mary' among subsequent generations.
Explanation:
It stemmened from the annexation of Texas by the us in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River which was Mexican claimed or the rio grande us claim.
