 | 1917 - 1166 Seiten
...crowned are as the locusts, And thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, Which camp in the walls in the cold day, But when the sun ariseth they flee...away, And their place is not known where they are. 1Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, Thy worthies are at rest; Thy people are scattered upon... | |
 | David Henry Kyes - 1919 - 204 Seiten
...following which teaches the impotency and uselessness of Assyrian officers in the day of calamity: — Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers.80 In all these figures Nahum "sticks to his text" that Nineveh must fall and be utterly... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1920 - 644 Seiten
...them to death. Perhaps he had been reading that nice passage in the Prophet NAHUM : " Thy captains are as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges...away, and their place is not known where they are." I do not know. But The Encyclopœdia has a suggestive sentence : " All grasshoppers are vegetable feeders... | |
 | Andrew Bruce Davidson - 1920 - 170 Seiten
...Nineveh disappear. locusts, and thy 1 marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the 2hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known 18 where they are. Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria : thy worthies are at rest : thy people... | |
 | Alan Patrick Herbert - 1921 - 176 Seiten
...them to death. Perhaps he had been reading that nice passage in the Prophet Nahum: "Thy captains are as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges...away, and their place is not known where they are," or the one in Ecclesiastes: "And the grasshopper shall be a burden." I do not know. On the other hand,... | |
 | A. P. Herbert - 1921 - 220 Seiten
...them to death. Perhaps he had been reading that nice passage in the Prophet Nahum: "Thy captains are as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges...away, and their place is not known where they are," or the one in Ecclesiastes: "And the grasshopper shall be a burden." I do not know. On the other hand,... | |
 | 1922 - 412 Seiten
...crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, Which camp in the hedges 2 in the cold day, But when the sun ariseth they flee away, i1S and their place is not known where they are. Thy shepherds slumber, 0 king of Assyria : thy worthies... | |
 | James Baikie - 1923 - 562 Seiten
...the stars of heaven; the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. Thy crowned are as the locusts, and as the great grasshoppers which camp in the hedges...but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their places are not known where they are. Thy shepherds slumber, O King of Assyria, thy nobles shall dwell... | |
 | James Baikie - 1923 - 552 Seiten
...the stars of heaven; the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. Thy crowned are as the locusts, and as the great grasshoppers which camp in the hedges...but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their places are not known where they are. Thy shepherds slumber, O King of Assyria, thy nobles shall dwell... | |
 | Margaret Hattersley Bulley - 1926 - 422 Seiten
...Antiquities. British Museum Trustees. Thy crowned are as the locusts and thy marshals as swarms of grasshoppers Which camp in the hedges in the cold day, But when the sun arises they flee away, And the place is not known where they are. Thy shepherds slumber, O King of... | |
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Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 
