"Herod" appears in 10 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
Herod
...Who, from this world of sin,
By cruel Herod’s ruthless sword
Those precious ones didst win....
Who, from this world of sin,
By cruel Herod’s ruthless sword
Those precious ones didst win.
...In Bethlehem.
Then Herod sought the royal Son to slay,
Who rather should have to come to kneel and pray...
In Bethlehem.
Then Herod sought the royal Son to slay,
Who rather should have to come to kneel and pray
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Why, cruel Herod, dost thou fear,
Lest our great God and king appear?...
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Why, cruel Herod, dost thou fear,
Lest our great God and king appear?
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Why, Herod, unrelenting foe,
Doth the Lord’s coming move thee so?...
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Why, Herod, unrelenting foe,
Doth the Lord’s coming move thee so?
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Why, impious Herod, shouldst thou fear
Because the Christ is come so near?...
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Why, impious Herod, shouldst thou fear
Because the Christ is come so near?
...Did you hear the mothers pleading thro’ their tears
For the babes that Herod slew the coming years?
Did you see how Joseph, warned of God in dreams,...
Did you hear the mothers pleading thro’ their tears
For the babes that Herod slew the coming years?
Did you see how Joseph, warned of God in dreams,
...See Babel’s tyrant, mad with pride,
Graze with the beasts! Hear Herod roar,
While worms his deity devour!...
See Babel’s tyrant, mad with pride,
Graze with the beasts! Hear Herod roar,
While worms his deity devour!
...Here, spurned by fierce prætorian bands,
There mocked by Herod’s men of war.
He bears their buffeting and scorn,...
Here, spurned by fierce prætorian bands,
There mocked by Herod’s men of war.
He bears their buffeting and scorn,
...Now rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye, pretty baby!
For Herod is seeking the life of the Child,
How sad, then were those three....
Now rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye, pretty baby!
For Herod is seeking the life of the Child,
How sad, then were those three.
...Yet still in Jesus’ keeping.
Thou from th’infernal Herod,
And Jewish expectation,...
Yet still in Jesus’ keeping.
Thou from th’infernal Herod,
And Jewish expectation,
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