 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...wealth. Dan. iv. 30. The king fpake, and faid, h no.t 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 majefty ? »Hab. i. 16. Therefore they facrifice unto their net, and burn incenfe unto their drag-,... | |
 | Mary Deverell - 1776 - 312 pages
...While the empty boaft was in his mouth, Is not this Great Babylon , 'which I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majejly ? The fcripture tells us, a voice from Heaven declared, The kingdom is departed from thee.... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 514 pages
...exclaimed, " Is not this great Babylon, that' andta"*« Dan. iy. 19, & fcq. ' I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the* might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" He had no fooner pronounced this infolent ejaculation, than there came a voice from heaven,... | |
 | Samuel Ogden - 1780 - 380 pages
...that I have built Dan. i?. by the might of my power, and for the ho- 3°' 3I" tiour of my majejiy ? While the word was in the King's mouth, there fell a 'voice from heaven, faying, the Kingdom is departed from thee. But the poor man's prayer pierceth the clouds ; and, weak... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 518 pages
...his mouth, with this haughty queftion, ' 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 majefty c ?' But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, ' a ' voice from heaven rebuked... | |
 | Samuel Hoole - Bible - 1786 - 348 pages
...pride which ignorance alone could dictate, 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 majejiy ? He was infenfible of the dependent ftate of man, he was infenfible of his own weaknefs and... | |
 | Samuel Disney - 1788 - 464 pages
...and thus communed with his foolifh heart; "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 majefty? And, while the word was in the king's-mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, faying, O king... | |
 | Thomas Robinson - Bible - 1792 - 514 pages
...exclaimed, " Is .not this great * Ecdef. viii. it. BabyJon» Babylon, that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" there fell a voice from heaven, faying, " The kingdom is departed from thee*." Bel(hazzar,... | |
 | Alexander Bicknell - Biography - 1791 - 546 pages
...prfde of his heart, he thus exclaimed : " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the houfc of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" He had no fooner exprefled this vaunting exclamation, than there fell a voice from heaven,... | |
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At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty... 
