...(Nebuchadnezzar) spake and said : is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty f Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was first walled round by Belus ; but in time...

...(Nebuchadnezzar) spake and said : is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my tfifljesty ? Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was first waited round by Belus;...

...(Nebuchadnezzar) spake and said : is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my ma* jesty ?. Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was first walled round by Belus...

...and artificial lakes. But in the height of his grandeur and prosperity, as he was pronouncing " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?" an affliction fell upon him, •which is mysteriously described in the book of Daniel, as being driven...

...all to ourselves. When that mpnarch walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon, and said, " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" God saw him : and, " while the word was in the king's mouth there fell a voice from heaven, saying,...

...God; and, in the place thereof, engraved, Is not this Great Babylon,that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom) by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majcfty? The policy of Babylon, wasv the fame as that purfued by the ferpent, in tempting our firft...

...; and arrogates a style that becomes none but the King of heaven : " Is not this great Babylon that /have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?"* While he is thus self-deified, he that is higher than the highest, and who pours contempt upon...

...Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house ofthe kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,...

...themselves, say with Nebuchadnezzar, " Is not this great Babylon, which " I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the " might of my power, and for the honour of my ma" jesty ?"2 — " And immediately the angel of the Lord f< smote him, because he gave not God the...

...their saying. So Nebuchadnezzar testifieth concerning himself, Dan. iv. 30. " Is not this," saith he, " great Babylon, that I have built for the house of...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" But, alas ! what poor perishing heaps have been the products of their endeavours ! they have all...