From the tribe of Dan the most conspicuous of these arose, Samson, namely, and it is probably mainly with reference to this fact that Jacob so emphatically predicts of this tribe, "Dan shall judge his people.
This knowledge of Jacob prepares him for being the intelligent agent by whom God predicts in outline the future of His Church.
Now supposing that the Old Testament predicts the truth in affirming that the earth is to be restored to its primitive state, as it was at the beginning, when God viewed every thing that he had made, and behold it was very good.
When his son is born, the Brahman Asita predicts that he will rise to great glory, and become either a powerful king, or, renouncing the throne and embracing the life of a hermit become a Buddha.
The Delta, lamenting that the Virginia Convention will not take that State out of the Union, predicts approvingly that "some Cromwellian influence will yet disperse the Convention, and place the Old Dominion in the Secession ranks.
Back in the interior he predicts another metropolis.
Patriotism demands a solution, without which no sane man dares hope for anything except what the socialist predicts in language more ominous than any direct threat.
As long as we proceed from the supposition that the Prophet predicts truth, we are, by that very supposition, forbidden to distribute the property of the one among the many; but that is thus violently set aside.
That which the Prophet here predicts is only the individualization of a general truth which meets us at the very beginnings of the covenant-people.
Thus Goldwin Smith predicts that women will be governed by priests, and then goes on to predict that women will vote to abolish marriage; not seeing that these two predictions destroy each other.
And nothing can be finer or truer than the words in which Buckle predicts the benefits that are to come from the intellectual union of the sexes for the work of the future.
The prophecy of Isaiah predicts this trait of his character: "He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
He is throughout an optimist, who believes and predicts that a clearer and brighter prospect is before humanity.
Again, at a later date, as Jesus is going up to Jerusalem, He predicts to His disciples the fate that is there awaiting Him (Matt.
Jesus then predicts that Peter will deny Him thrice before the cock crows (Luke XXII:31-34).
In Europe," he added, "the peasants shut them up in bottles half full of water, and assert that the animal predicts good or bad weather by either coming up to the top or keeping under the water.
Jeremiah predicts the time when God will make a new Covenant with His people, and write His laws in their hearts, instead of on tables of stone.
This universal teleology, faith predicts it, science labours to realise it.
To dream of a Palm-tree is a very good omen, particularly if it is in full blossom, in which case it predicts much success and good fortune.
According to another authority, to dream that you see clusters of Grapes hanging round about you predicts future advancement and honour.
Lord Bacon points out that a profusion of Roses in their season predicts a severe Winter, and the belief is still extant.
To dream of finding hidden Hazel-nuts predicts the finding of treasure.
In the first chapter hepredicts the utter desolation of Judah, and with it the destruction of all the patrons of idolatry and the rich and presumptuous sinners in Jerusalem.
And then, when James and John had professed their ability, he predicts their future fate: "My cup indeed ye shall drink.
Isaiah predicts the absolute disappearance of Tyre from the attention of the world.
The chief evidence for dissociating the prophecy from its immediate predecessors is that it predicts, or apparently predicts (vv.
At least one American professor of English predicts that such forms will eventually prevail.
Mr. Stanley predicts that the "Cape to Cairo" railway will be an accomplished fact before 1925.
Zephaniah sees the storm break over Assyria, and predicts the total destruction of the proud city of Nineveh which had so long said in her heart, "I, and none beside me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "predicts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
