 | Humphrey Prideaux - History, Ancient - 1799 - 682 pages
...his great works done therein, faid, b " 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 majefty ?" But, while the words were yet in his mouth, there came a voice to hirrt from heaven to rebuke... | |
 | James Anderson - Agriculture - 1800 - 632 pages
...utterly forgot their own insignificance; and, like Nebuchadnezzar of old, they said in their hearts, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my .power, and for the honour of my majesty?" and, regardlefs of the fate that had followed this vainglorious toast, they would fain natter themselves... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1800 - 620 pages
...MY majefly ?"* But mark the unexpefted change by the more powerful word of the King of Kings. " When the word was in the king's " mouth there fell a voice from heaven, faying, O King " Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is fpoken, the kingdom is " departed from thee."f How often... | |
 | William Penn - Christian life - 1801 - 500 pages
...then 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 majefly ?c But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, a voice from heaven rebuked the... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. And the king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty 1 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1802 - 396 pages
...glories of the city he had adorned; unable to contain the pride of his heart, he exctaimed, " Is " not this Great Babylon, that I have built, for " the...might of my " power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" No sooner had lie thus spoken, than a voice from heaven proclaimed, " O king Nebuchadnezzar, " to... | |
 | John Jamieson - Bible - 1802 - 488 pages
...palace of Babylon, he " fpake and faid, " 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 ?" Every word that he utters, is fraught with arrogance and felf-importance. It was folly in... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 606 pages
...majefty ?"<z But mark the unexpected change bv the more powerful word of the King of kings. " When the word was in the king's " mouth there fell a voice from heaven, laying, O King *' Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is fpoken, the kingdom is " departed from thee."i How... | |
 | 1855 - 604 pages
...there a passage of more startling effect than those words, — the Emperor Nicholas is no more. ' Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...of my power and for the honour of my majesty? While his word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from Heaven saying, " Oh ! " king to thee it is... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - Prophecies - 1804 - 606 pages
...come upon him; yet still his heart was hardened through unbelief, and he boasted of his greatness, and said — " Is not this great Babylon, that I have...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" Thus was his boasting, till a voice from heaven said, the kingdom is departed from dice ; and he... | |
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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... 
