Ruins of Bible Lands: A Journey Over the Region of Fulfilled ProphecyW.R. M'Phun, 1857 - 271 Seiten |
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... things . Now , we are so situated , in some respects , at present . We have it in our power either to confine our attention to one particular country— in which case we should be able to show that the most minute and incidental ...
... things . Now , we are so situated , in some respects , at present . We have it in our power either to confine our attention to one particular country— in which case we should be able to show that the most minute and incidental ...
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... thing is mirrored now on its placid wave save the blue vault , or the grassy hillocks which stud its banks , or the mean dwellings of the little town of Mosul , on the farther shore . And is this green and level expanse , which ...
... thing is mirrored now on its placid wave save the blue vault , or the grassy hillocks which stud its banks , or the mean dwellings of the little town of Mosul , on the farther shore . And is this green and level expanse , which ...
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... thing to explain them . In another place have been found great rows of earthen vases of a remarkable size , placed on a brick floor , and filled with human bones , similar to those found at Babylon . Both palaces have suffered from fire ...
... thing to explain them . In another place have been found great rows of earthen vases of a remarkable size , placed on a brick floor , and filled with human bones , similar to those found at Babylon . Both palaces have suffered from fire ...
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... thing of value , and the marks of fire still visible on the edifice , make it apparent that it was first plundered and then burnt , as the prophet foretold . Little did the builders of this edifice imagine the singular fortune that ...
... thing of value , and the marks of fire still visible on the edifice , make it apparent that it was first plundered and then burnt , as the prophet foretold . Little did the builders of this edifice imagine the singular fortune that ...
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... thing be ? The Assyrian empire had flourished and passed away ages before the birth of history . Its times were accounted remote even in the days of Greece and Rome , and its history was looked upon as irre- coverably lost . Its ...
... thing be ? The Assyrian empire had flourished and passed away ages before the birth of history . Its times were accounted remote even in the days of Greece and Rome , and its history was looked upon as irre- coverably lost . Its ...
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Seite 84 - 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 it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Seite 102 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Seite 89 - ... it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Seite 128 - The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah ; all they from Sheba shall come : they shall bring gold and incense ; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
Seite 220 - Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Seite 16 - He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: ...The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Seite 130 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Seite 123 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Seite 84 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased ! the golden city ceased ! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
Seite 252 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!