 | John Blair Linn - Genius - 1802 - 196 pages
...the nations......23. I will also make Babylon a possession for the bittern and pools of water....and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts." , This passage is remarkable for sublimity. The doom of the subject of the prophecy, the king... | |
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...neither doth any son of man pass thereby.'* * The ' Arabian shall not pitch his tent there. I will make it a possession ' for the bittern, and pools...with ' the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts !'[- But in the days of Babylon's prosperity, the surrounding country abounded with the fruits... | |
 | John Blair Linn - American poetry - 1804 - 192 pages
...how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations — 23, I will also make Babylon a possession for the bittern and pools of water —...it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts." This passage is remarkable for sublimity. The doom of the subject of the prophecy, the king... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1804 - 620 pages
...remnant, And son and grandson, saith Jehovah. ' 23 And I will make it an inheritance for the porcupine and pools of water ; And I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, Saith Jehovah of hosts. " 24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have devised, so shall it be... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1805 - 388 pages
...cut off from Babylon the name and " remnant," had the Lord of hosts sworn above 300 yeari before : " I will also make it a possession for the bittern,...and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction — fit shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be " dwelt in from generation to generation, neither... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...of the king nf Uubulrjn. I will also make it a pos« session for the bittern, and pnols of water :f and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. Л noble, though beautiful image ; intimating the -vile nature of sin, the total extirfhition... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern,...it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1808 - 596 pages
...from Babylon the name and remnant," had the Lord of hosts sworn above three hundred years before : "I will also make it a possession for the bittern,...and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction ; ' It shall never 'be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...them not live to be great in the world, either in possessions of land, or building of cities. XIV. 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of waters. 1 will turn the low-seated Babylon into a standing pool; and make it a possession for bitterns... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...is as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah/' The awful prophecy is literally fulfilled— "I will make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of...it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts." The primitive inhabitants of Chaldaea have generally been re16 garded as descendants of Shem,... | |
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I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. 
