| Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - 1767 - 326 pages
...fall, and noneJball raife 3a' +°him up, faid Jeremiah ; and Ifaiah before N ^ him, Itxiii. 19. t\\m, Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, Jhall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, to whom God left no refource. But as for the Jews, it is... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...as much at the account the Prophet gives of it, as if we beheld the hideous ruins with our eyes. " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the " beauty of the Chaldees excellency, lhall be as " when GOD overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. " It fhall never be inhabited, neither fhall it... | |
| Universal history - 1779 - 516 pages
...there are fome arches fHll remaining, built of burnt brick, and wonderfully ftrong.—Juft before • as follow : " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, fliall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah; it fhall never be inhabited, neither (hall be dwelt... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Natural theology - 1794 - 390 pages
...emphatical, and the accomplifhment of them has been no lefs remarkably exact. If. xiii. 19. — 22. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency , Jhall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It Jhall never be inhabited, neither Jhall it be dwelt in... | |
| John Dick - Bible - 1800 - 314 pages
...written after the event, let him think of the following words, which are fulfilling at this hour. " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, fhall be, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It fhall never be inhabited, neither fhall it be... | |
| Henry Kett - Bible - 1801 - 442 pages
...confiding of the moft bold and ftriking images, is truly fublirne. See Lowth on Ifaiah, xxi, xlvii. " • * And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, Jball be as •when God overthrew ' Sodom and Gomorrah. It Jhall never be inhabited, neither Jball... | |
| N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pages
...is intended. V.. i. The burthen of " Babylon which Isaiah the Son of Amos did see. Ver. 19 — 22. And Babylon " the glory of Kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency, shall Be as when *' God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither " shall... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...pieces ; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eye shall not spar« 19 children. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sod20 otn and Gomorrah, that ¿«, nhall be entirely destroyed. It shall... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eye shall not spare children. 19 If ield* ofBoaz. * He taketh knowledge of her, 8 and ahetveth her favour. J8 shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it... | |
| 1864 - 868 pages
...fruit, afforded food and shelter, and the roads were filled with a busy throng. All is now silent. " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, is as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah/' The awful prophecy is literally fulfilled— "I will... | |
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