...thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 V That 2 cily ceased ? 5 The LORD hath hroken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. G He who...

...adorned the periods of poetry, and had echoed in the shouts of nations — " How hath the oppressor ceased ! . . . the Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers — how art thou fallen from heaven, O'Lucifer, son of the morning f how art tholt cast down to the...

...in all passages which approach the sublime. Examples. " Thou shall take up this proverb against fhe king of Babylon, and say, how hath the oppressor ceased!...The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and ihe sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled...

...from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4. That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of...hath the oppressor ceased ! the golden city ceased ! 5. The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6. He who smote the...

...Babylon, and said, " How hath the oppressor ceased ! " so may we, and with them, we feel bound to add, absence, he inquired, " Where have you been ? " "I have been with Chr ruler : he who smote the people in wrath, with a continual stroke ; he that ruled the nations in anger"...

...the tremendous words of a greater prophet than Sylvanus Conifer : "Thou shalt take up this parable against the King of Babylon, and say. How hath the oppressor ceased! the exactress of gold ceased! . . . "The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing....

...the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah, where the prophet thus describes the fall of the Assyrian empire: " Thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of...city ceased ! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wickedj and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke: he...

...houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. Thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of...oppressor ceased ! the golden city ceased ! " The conqueror of Babylon was foretold by name ; a rare circumstance in prophecy: "Thus saith the Lord to...

...hand, is my indignation;" 0 and yet once more, in a passage where "rod" is synonymous with sceptre, "The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers." p The " rod" or " sceptre," consequently, is the ensign of office or authority ; the " staff" is the...

...finest specimens of Hebrew and indeed of ancient composition. V. 4. That thou shalt raise this song over the king of Babylon and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden (city) ceased ! The Van at the beginning continues the construction from rrrn in v. 3, and can only be expressed in our...