The Captivity of the Jews: And Their Return from Babylon |
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... writing , as well as by word of mouth . That was the appointed course in ancient times ; but since the invention of printing , the written message goes forth with vastly increased power . In addition to the Bible records , many ...
... writing , as well as by word of mouth . That was the appointed course in ancient times ; but since the invention of printing , the written message goes forth with vastly increased power . In addition to the Bible records , many ...
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... writings . Josephus ex- pressly speaks of Daniel as one of the greatest of the prophets , whose writings were in daily use among the Jews , at the time when he lived , as one who wrote under the dictates of the infallible Spirit , who ...
... writings . Josephus ex- pressly speaks of Daniel as one of the greatest of the prophets , whose writings were in daily use among the Jews , at the time when he lived , as one who wrote under the dictates of the infallible Spirit , who ...
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... writings . The words , Dan . vi . 28 , " So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius , and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian , " do not imply a great convulsion or change in Babylon , but the quiet continuance of the prophet in the ...
... writings . The words , Dan . vi . 28 , " So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius , and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian , " do not imply a great convulsion or change in Babylon , but the quiet continuance of the prophet in the ...
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... writings , though only a small portion has come down to us , show an acquaint- ance with a purer source than the fables of Egypt . Thus it is more than probable , that the general sys- tem of philosophy , then starting forth , and ...
... writings , though only a small portion has come down to us , show an acquaint- ance with a purer source than the fables of Egypt . Thus it is more than probable , that the general sys- tem of philosophy , then starting forth , and ...
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... writings of the early prophets would also be often referred to ; the truth with which the sufferings had been predicted would give full confidence in those that related to deliverance . The express predic- tions of Isaiah , as to the ...
... writings of the early prophets would also be often referred to ; the truth with which the sufferings had been predicted would give full confidence in those that related to deliverance . The express predic- tions of Isaiah , as to the ...
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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.