The Captivity of the Jews: And Their Return from Babylon |
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... earth ! The desolate state of Judea , and the afflicted con- dition of the Jews , after the destruction of Jerusalem , are powerfully described by the prophet Jeremiah , in his Lamentations , ch . i . 1–5 . How doth the city sit ...
... earth ! The desolate state of Judea , and the afflicted con- dition of the Jews , after the destruction of Jerusalem , are powerfully described by the prophet Jeremiah , in his Lamentations , ch . i . 1–5 . How doth the city sit ...
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... earth , burned in furnaces , so as to form a sort of brick , secured by layers of reeds and bitumen , which was found in large quantities in that country . On the walls were towers and small erections , with open spaces sufficiently ...
... earth , burned in furnaces , so as to form a sort of brick , secured by layers of reeds and bitumen , which was found in large quantities in that country . On the walls were towers and small erections , with open spaces sufficiently ...
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... earth to allow even large shrubs and trees to be planted . These gardens were watered by a machine which raised water from the river . Vast labour and expense would be incurred to enable art thus to overcome nature ; but the hanging ...
... earth to allow even large shrubs and trees to be planted . These gardens were watered by a machine which raised water from the river . Vast labour and expense would be incurred to enable art thus to overcome nature ; but the hanging ...
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... earth , " but in which no living soul now remains : it is desolate for ever . This , and other written records of prophecy , show that even in that day the warnings and consolations of the prophets were delivered in writing , as well as ...
... earth , " but in which no living soul now remains : it is desolate for ever . This , and other written records of prophecy , show that even in that day the warnings and consolations of the prophets were delivered in writing , as well as ...
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... earth . " In following the history of the captive Jews , our at- tention may be first directed to Daniel and his com- panions . When taken to Babylon , they were youths , probably about eighteen years of age . Nebuchadnez- zar ordered ...
... earth . " In following the history of the captive Jews , our at- tention may be first directed to Daniel and his com- panions . When taken to Babylon , they were youths , probably about eighteen years of age . Nebuchadnez- zar ordered ...
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Artaxerxes Assyria Babylonians beasts behold Belshazzar blessed book of Daniel building captive Jews cause Chaldeans CHAPTER Christ considered Cyrus Daniel Darius Darius Hystaspes declaration decree deliverance desolate destroy destruction Divine dominion earth Egypt Elam empire enemies Esther Euphrates evil Evil-Merodach expressly Ezek Ezekiel Ezra favour glory Haman hast hath heathen heaven holy honour house of Israel idolatry idols inhabitants Isaiah Jehoiakim Jehovah Jeremiah Jerusalem Jewish Jews JEWS AT BABYLON Judah Judea judgment king of Babylon kingdom land Lord of hosts Medes mercy Messiah mighty monarch Mordecai nations Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah notice palace Palestine peace Persian praise prayer priest princes prophecy prophet Psalm recorded reference reign remarkable river ruins ruler sacred saith the Lord Scripture sent sins slain solemn soul spirit sufferings temple thee thou throne tion Tyre unto vision walls word worship Xenophon Zedekiah Zerubbabel Zoroaster
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Page 80 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia. the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 81 - I will go Before thee, And make the crooked places straight : I will break in pieces the gates of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Page 139 - 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. 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.
Page 81 - Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 29 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 61 - Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks ; the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself...
Page 71 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Page 186 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 28 - And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Page 108 - Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.