| World history - 1747 - 616 pages
...predictions of the prophet Ifuiab relating to this place have been accomplifhed. His words are as follow : And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency Jhall be at ivhen God o<vertbre<w Sodom and Gomorrha ; it Jball ne'ver be inhabited, neither fi alt... | |
| 1915 - 674 pages
...Isaiah, long before ( Isaiah xiii: 19-22), "thé glory of kingcloms, thé beauty of thé Chaldee's excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and...never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from génération to génération, neither shall thé Arabian pitch tent there. . . . But thé wild beasts... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...as much at the account the Prophet gives of it, as if we beheld the hideous ruins with our eyes. " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the " beauty of the Chaldees excellency, lhall be as " when GOD overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. " It fhall never be inhabited, neither fhall it... | |
| Universal history - 1779 - 516 pages
...arches fHll remaining, built of burnt brick, and wonderfully ftrong.—Juft before • as follow : " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, fliall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah; it fhall never be inhabited, neither (hall be dwelt... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Natural theology - 1794 - 390 pages
...emphatical, and the accomplifhment of them has been no lefs remarkably exact. If. xiii. 19. — 22. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency , Jhall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It Jhall never be inhabited, neither Jhall it... | |
| John Dick - Bible - 1800 - 314 pages
...written after the event, let him think of the following words, which are fulfilling at this hour. " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, fhall be, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It fhall never be inhabited, neither fhall it be... | |
| Henry Kett - Bible - 1801 - 442 pages
...confiding of the moft bold and ftriking images, is truly fublirne. See Lowth on Ifaiah, xxi, xlvii. " • * And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, Jball be as •when God overthrew ' Sodom and Gomorrah. It Jhall never be inhabited, neither Jball... | |
| N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pages
...is intended. V.. i. The burthen of " Babylon which Isaiah the Son of Amos did see. Ver. 19 — 22. And Babylon " the glory of Kingdoms, the beauty of...generation to generation : neither shall the Arabian pitck " tent there, neither shall the Shepherds make their fold there : hut wild biasti of the *' desert... | |
| Thomas Branagan - Black race - 1804 - 290 pages
...gold, they shall not delight in it. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the. beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and...generation to generation : neither shall the Arabian pitch his tent there ; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desart shall... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Bible - 1804 - 692 pages
...the fall of amienc Babylon, to which papal Rome is compared. Of Babylon Ifaiah fays, Ch. xiii. 19, Wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of dolefut creatures, and owls shall dwell there, and Satyr* shall dance there, and the wild beasts of... | |
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