 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the the bittern...  The Christian Review - Page 1131850Full view - About this book
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 352 pages
...even their language and writing are totally unknown to us."— Belzoni's Narrative, p. 37, 38. • " He will stretch out his hand against the north, and...lie down in the midst of her; all the beasts of the nations."—Zephaniali, ch. ii. v. 12, 13. Semiramis, was first injured by Cyrus, who, diverting the... | |
 | 1823 - 936 pages
...the Moabites, the Ammonites, and Ethiopians ; and describes the fate of Nineveh in emphatic terms : " ^ ˠ ٭` A w F1 7 K S/ r' 2sY | s ܕ 2B Q[ u ] MS , 2 I+ m )B<E d X bittern, shall lodge in her ; their voice shall sing in the windows ; desolation shall be in the threslifl... | |
 | John Davison - 1825 - 578 pages
...converted into a waste, a wilderness without inhabitants, a seat of perfect solitude. Zephaniah; " He will stretch out his hand against the North, "...of her ; all the beasts " of the nations : both the pelican and the bittern " shall lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice " shall sing in its... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...place, even all the isles of the heathen. . 12 If Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria ; and he will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...place, even all the isles of the heathen. 12 IT Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north,...make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations : both the cormorant... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?" Nahum i, 1, 2, 8, 10; ii, 6, 9; Hi, 13—19. "He will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria j and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst... | |
 | 1833 - 578 pages
...Assyria shall be brought down." And Zephaniah, chap. 2nd. says, " He will stretch out his hand towards the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness." But the especial herald of the coming judgments of God upon Nineveh, was Nahum, whose prophecy is entitled,... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1835 - 464 pages
...place thereof. Affliction shall not rise up the second time. She is empty, void and waste. The Lord will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy...make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. How is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in !" f In the second century, Lucian,... | |
 | Joseph Wilson (Minister of Laxton.) - 1836 - 408 pages
...to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste .... And he will stretch out his hand against the North,...Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness." l So complete has been the desolation, that the very site of the city is a subject of dispute. With... | |
 | 1838 - 900 pages
...3 Heb. make lea*. CHAP. II.] ZEPHANIAH. 12 11 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 or there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed...known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak y 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations : both the * 'cormorant... | |
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