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Page 317
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon , and say , How
hath the oppressor ceased ! the golden cily ceased ! Then shalt thou insult upon
the proud king of Babylon , and say , Where is now this great tyrant , that so ...
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon , and say , How
hath the oppressor ceased ! the golden cily ceased ! Then shalt thou insult upon
the proud king of Babylon , and say , Where is now this great tyrant , that so ...
Page 452
Go up , ye Medes and Persians , against the territories of Babylon ; even against
the land of these proud rebels , agajnst the land of those who have visited my
people with the sword and merciless destruction , and do ye utterly destroy them .
Go up , ye Medes and Persians , against the territories of Babylon ; even against
the land of these proud rebels , agajnst the land of those who have visited my
people with the sword and merciless destruction , and do ye utterly destroy them .
Page 453
Babylon hath been hitherto as a golden cup , out of which God would have all the
nations of the earth drink their bitter draught of his wrath and indignation : they
have drunk out thence , and have been so grievously afflicted by her cruelty , that
...
Babylon hath been hitherto as a golden cup , out of which God would have all the
nations of the earth drink their bitter draught of his wrath and indignation : they
have drunk out thence , and have been so grievously afflicted by her cruelty , that
...
Page 454
Behold , I am against thee now , ( Babylon , thou huge pile of perdition , which
hath hitherto crushed the whole earth with thy vastness and power , & c . I will
make thee like a bill of rubbish , a heap of burnt ruins . LI , 27 Call together
against her ...
Behold , I am against thee now , ( Babylon , thou huge pile of perdition , which
hath hitherto crushed the whole earth with thy vastness and power , & c . I will
make thee like a bill of rubbish , a heap of burnt ruins . LI , 27 Call together
against her ...
Page 455
48 Then the heaven and the earth , and all that is therein , shall sing for Babylon .
The heavens and the earth and all creatures shall rejoice , and praise God for the
just destruction , that is brought upon Babylon . LI . 49 As Babylon hath caused ...
48 Then the heaven and the earth , and all that is therein , shall sing for Babylon .
The heavens and the earth and all creatures shall rejoice , and praise God for the
just destruction , that is brought upon Babylon . LI . 49 As Babylon hath caused ...
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Page 537 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Page 291 - Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Page 357 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 372 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 24 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 368 - So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Page 9 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 8 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Page 32 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 507 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
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| Title | Paraphrases on hard texts Volume 3 of The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich:: Now First Collected, with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings, Byfield and Hawkesworth |
| Author | Joseph Hall |
| Editor | Josiah Pratt |
| Contributors | Charles Whittingham, John Hatchard, Leonard Benton Seeley, Joseph Burditt, James Nunn, Thomas Conder, Byfield and Hawkesworth, Williams and Smith, F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, Mathews and Leigh |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1808 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
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