Babylon Destroyed: Or, The History of the Empire of Assyria;.W. Oliphant, 1827 - 303 من الصفحات |
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... causes of the rise and ruin of nations . We therein discover what princes God appointed as the ministers of his wrath , and who he raised up as dispensers of his goodness . And if , in his holy vengeance , he empowered the proud Assy ...
... causes of the rise and ruin of nations . We therein discover what princes God appointed as the ministers of his wrath , and who he raised up as dispensers of his goodness . And if , in his holy vengeance , he empowered the proud Assy ...
الصفحة 33
... causes , led them to abandon the place thus marked by the divine displeasure , and to scatter themselves over the face of the earth . Nimrod , however , more daring and audacious than the rest , having cast off the fear of God ...
... causes , led them to abandon the place thus marked by the divine displeasure , and to scatter themselves over the face of the earth . Nimrod , however , more daring and audacious than the rest , having cast off the fear of God ...
الصفحة 41
... caused Ninus to be put to death , or that he was first imprisoned , and afterwards murdered but this account is not generally credited . Semiramis , however , having come to the throne on C 2 DESTROYED . 41 tion; which led that officer ...
... caused Ninus to be put to death , or that he was first imprisoned , and afterwards murdered but this account is not generally credited . Semiramis , however , having come to the throne on C 2 DESTROYED . 41 tion; which led that officer ...
الصفحة 53
... cause of the destruction of Ba- bylon , as shall be related when we come to speak of the history of Cyrus . The great plain in which Babylon was situat- ed , being from this superabundance of moisture , in many places marshy ...
... cause of the destruction of Ba- bylon , as shall be related when we come to speak of the history of Cyrus . The great plain in which Babylon was situat- ed , being from this superabundance of moisture , in many places marshy ...
الصفحة 56
... cause of an enterprise reaching higher than the tower of Belus ; and , in the magnificence of her be- nevolence , raising a moral structure of greater magnitude than the pyramids of Egypt ; prepar- ' ing the way for that last , and ...
... cause of an enterprise reaching higher than the tower of Belus ; and , in the magnificence of her be- nevolence , raising a moral structure of greater magnitude than the pyramids of Egypt ; prepar- ' ing the way for that last , and ...
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afterwards ages Ahaz ancient antiquity appears arms army Asia Assyrian empire Astyages Babylonians beasts beauty Belshazzar Belus called captivity Chaldean chariots chastisement Chebar chief commanded conjecture conqueror conquest Croesus Cyaxares Cyrus Daniel death desolation destruction divine dominion earth Egypt enemy Esarhaddon Euphrates father gates glory Gobrias gods gold heathen heaven Hebrew Herodotus Hezekiah Hilleh historians holy honour horse hundred idol idolatry immense inhabitants Isaiah Israel Jehoiakim Jehovah Jerusalem Jews Judea king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Judah kingdom land Lord luxury magnificent Medes ment mercy mighty Babylon miles monarch Nabopolassar nations Nearchus Nebuchadnezzar Neriglissar Nimrod Nineveh Ninus occasion once palace Pekah Persian prince prisoners probable profane prophet provinces reign remains river royal ruins sacred Scriptures Semiramis Sennacherib sent siege silver splendour Syria temple thee thou thousand Tigris tion tower troops victory walls whole worship Xenophon Zedekiah
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الصفحة 153 - Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; the kingdom is departed from thee ; and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field : they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
الصفحة 205 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight ; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.
الصفحة 31 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
الصفحة 154 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
الصفحة 96 - And I will add unto thy days fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria ; and I will defend this city for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.
الصفحة 128 - For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
الصفحة 96 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...
الصفحة 108 - The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots ! The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases ; and there is none end of their corpses ; they stumble upon their corpses...
الصفحة 110 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
الصفحة 152 - Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field ; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth : let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.