...Assyrian empire are finely described by the prophet Ezekiel, under the similitude of a tree. " Behold, the " Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a PART I. their dominion from the borders of Egypt, i the frontiers of India. In the prosecution of these...

...multitude ; Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? thou thinkest no firince ttfual to 3 thyself, but Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs ; it avertofified the most flourishing...

...her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and he? daughters shall go into captivity. XXXI. 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. Behold, the king of Assyria was a greater...

...? Think not, that no king is comparable to thee, in power and greatnessXXXI. 3 Behold, the Assyinan was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high statare ; and his top was among the thick boughs. Behold, the king of Assyria was a...

...written — " Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running about his plants, and...

...king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian wan a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep...

...empire, under the splendid and majestic imagery afforded by vegetation in its most flourishing state : " The Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair "-branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an " high stature, and his top was among the thick " boughs. The waters made him great, the...

...that one* " the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs bis height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches...

...vanish away. Under the same emblem Ezekiel ( xxxi. 3 — 6 ) describes the Assyrian empire. "Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with a shadow ing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. — His height...

...where the greatness and glory of Assyria is likened unto a Cedar-tree. It is thus described : " Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. " Therefore his height was exalted...