| World history - 1747 - 616 pages
...predictions of the prophet Ifuiab relating to this place have been accomplifhed. His words are as follow : And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees excellency Jhall be at ivhen God o<vertbre<w Sodom and Gomorrha ; it Jball ne'ver be inhabited, neither fi alt... | |
| 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... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon - 1768 - 128 pages
...fruit of the Womb: their " eye fhall not fpare Children. And Ba" bylon, the Glory of Kingdoms, the <c Beauty of the Chaldees excellency, fhall " be, as when God overthrew Sodom and f Gomorrah. It fhall never be inhabited : Ifaiab xiii. 12— —22. H2 " nci*' neither (hall it be... | |
| Universal history - 1779 - 516 pages
...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... | |
| 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... | |
| Robert Southey - 1809 - 292 pages
...square. Boberts's Judah Restored, The wandering Arab never sets his tent Within her walls, $c.—l'. 286. 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 inhahited, neither shall it be... | |
| 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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