...shall not pitch his tent there. I will 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 !'[- But in the days of Babylon's prosperity, the surrounding country abounded with the fruits of the...

...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...verse. Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming, IfC. And the whole passage bears a correspondent elevation. In the 23d verse the desolate waste...

...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 rf that...

...nephew, saith the LORD. 23 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. 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass ; and as...

...prophecy is literally fulfilled— "I will 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." The primitive inhabitants of Chaldaea have generally been re16 garded as descendants of Shem, from...

...6. " The sword of the " Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness."— .Isa. xiv. 23. " I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith " the Lord of hosts." — Jerem. xx. 7. " O Lord thou hast " deceived me, and I was deceived." — Isa. v. 1. " My well "...

...nephew, saith the LORD. 23 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. 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass ; and as...

...nephew, saith the Lord. 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. Isa. xiv. 22, 23. 2 Rollin's An. Hist. Cyrus. Sec. iii. S The eagles of idolatrous Rome, the crescent...

...stone, and slime for mortar." "I will 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 Lords." Was he a missionary, zealous for the conversion of the godless Ma'dan, or merely interested...

...able to preserve the memory of the place chosen by Nimrod, and which I, the Lord have abolished. " I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts." VIII. God was not satisfied with causing all these alterations to be foretold, but, to give the greater...