...proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased ! the golden city ceased! the LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and...none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,...

...the prophet be applied to paint the depth of his fall, by showing the height of his ambition : — " The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and...the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruleth the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is...

...golden city ceased ! 5 The LORD hath broken Ihe staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 in the hinder parts : he put them to a perpetua1 reproach....Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Jo seph, and chos hiiidereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet : they : at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead...

...(With uplifted arms.) How hath the Oppressor ceased ! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked: The sceptre of the Rulers — he who smote The People in wrath with a continual stroke — That ruled the nations in his anger ... He Is persecuted and none hindereth ! (At the beginning...

...children. And then shall they sing this song — " How hath the oppressor ceased ! The golden city ceased! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. The whole earth is at rest and is quiet ; they break forth into singing." Satan being then no longer...

...against the king of Babylon, and, say, How hath the oppressor ceased ! the ' golden k city ceased ! 5 ity and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah : 21 And when л Chap. xlix. 22 ; 1*. 9 ; litvi. 20. « Heb. thai had fnken than caolines. fChag. Ix. 14. «Chap....

...allude to its only great king in this verse, intimating his calamity and its benefit to the world : " He who smote the people in wrath with a continual...and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest and in quiet. They break forth into singing." —laaiah, c. »v., v. 6, 7. t Daniel, c. ii., v. 34,5. lions...

...Babylon, andjsay, How hath the oppressor ceased ! the golden city (or, exactress of gold) ceased ! The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and...smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, (Heb. a stroke without removing,) he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth....

...transition! One is reminded of the language of an inspired prophet when reviewing this strange career. "He who smote the people in wrath with a continual...nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no...

...calamity and its benefit to the world : "He who smote the people in wrath with n continual stroke; be that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest and iu quiet. They break forth into singing." — Isaiah, c. liv, T. «, 7. f Duirt, c. ii., v. M, 4. This...