 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
 | Morning call - 1850 - 612 pages
...dwelt all great nations;" for now is " Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness, and flocks lie down in the midst of her: all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and bittern, lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in... | |
 | Charles Hargreaves - 1850 - 242 pages
...from thee and say, Nineveh is laid waste." Zephaniah ii. 13,— "The Lord will stretch out his hands against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make...Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness;" verse 14, — "Desolation shall be in the thresholds ;" verse 15, — "How is she become a desolation."... | |
 | 1850 - 522 pages
..." and " dry like a wilderness," how can that other part of Zephaniah's prophecy be fulfilled ?— " Flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, All the beasts of the nations " . . . (ii. 14.) "A place for beasts to lie down in." (ii. 15.) The answer is given thus simply and... | |
 | Henry Peter Dunster - 1850 - 372 pages
...height of her strength, yet from Me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord." Nineveh was to be a " desolation, and dry like a wilderness, and flocks shall lie down in the m^dst of her, all the beasts of the nations : both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the... | |
 | Religious tract society - 1850 - 546 pages
...very remarkable close of such a mighty kingdom ; but so it was foretold by the prophet Zephaniah. " He will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shaH lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern... | |
 | David Mather Masson - 1851 - 314 pages
...glory. There are also some striking verses referring to the same subject in the prophecy of Zephaniah. ' He will stretch out His hand against the north, and...beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern'shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall... | |
 | Sir Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 442 pages
...shadow dwelt all great nations;" for now is " Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness, and flocks lie down in the midst of her : all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and bittern, lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice sings in the windows ; and desolation is in... | |
 | sir Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 442 pages
...dwelt all great nations ; " for now is " Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness, and flocks lie down in the midst of her : all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and bittern, lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice sings in the windows ; and desolation is in... | |
 | Frederick Walpole (hon.) - 1851 - 438 pages
...their frugal meal : they cursed the people who made the place so strong, and their work so hard. " And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness, and flocks shall lie down in the midst of her;... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1851 - 682 pages
...their frugal meal : they cursed the people who made the place so strong, and their work so hard. " ' And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness, and flocks shall lie down in the midst of her;... | |
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