| John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 páginas
...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 of Babylon,... | |
| 1828 - 722 páginas
...of man pass thereby.'* * The ' Arabian shall not pitch his tent there. I will make it a possession ' for the bittern, and pools of water ; and I will sweep...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... | |
| John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 páginas
...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 — and I will...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 of Babylon,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1804 - 620 páginas
...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 - 1805 - 388 páginas
..." remnant," had the Lord of hosts sworn above 300 yeari before : " I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and " pools of water : 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 - 1805 - 476 páginas
...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 rf that... | |
| 1807 - 570 páginas
...Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water : and I will sweep...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... | |
| Charles Rollin - 1808 - 596 páginas
...remnant," had the Lord of hosts sworn above three hundred years before : "I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water : 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... | |
| 1864 - 868 páginas
...overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah/' The awful prophecy is literally fulfilled— "I will make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water : and I will sweep...besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts." The primitive inhabitants of Chaldaea have generally been re16 garded as descendants of Shem, from whose... | |
| 1809 - 1150 páginas
...the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saitli the LORD. 23 I will also make it a possession !i>i ray thee, be verified, which thon LOUD of hosts. 24 1i The LORD of hosts hath sworn"; saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come... | |
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