 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
 | 1853 - 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 the bittern lodge in the upper lintels of it : their voice sings in the windows : and desolation is in the thresholds."... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 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 the bittern lodge in the upper lintels of it : their voice sings in the windows : and desolation is in the thresholds."... | |
 | 1853 - 244 pages
...subject is mentioned in Zeph. ii. 13, " And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and will destroy Assyria ; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry, like a wilderness." And it was all absolutely accomplished at the time appointed, more than 600 BC, aud continues in that state... | |
 | James Covel - 1853 - 560 pages
...up the second time. She is empty, void, and waste," Nahum i, 8, 9 ; ii, 10 ; iii, 17-19. " The Lord will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Ninevek a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. How is she become a desolation, a place for beasts... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 300 pages
...moneymaker, searching for hidden treasures ; but they were terrified, and fled. The prophet Zephaniah says, " He will stretch out his hand against the north, and...Nineveh a desolation, and dry, like a wilderness ; " and again," Desolation shall be on the threshold of Nineveh." Now hear what Layard says as a commentary... | |
 | 1854 - 434 pages
...is most natural that Zephaniah, immediately after describing the Scythian irruption, should add, " He will stretch out his hand against the north, and...Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness." Heeren, in his work on the ancient commerce of the Babylonians, appears so far to justify our conclusions,... | |
 | Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1854 - 266 pages
...shadow dwelt all great nations. But now is Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness ; flocks lie down in the midst of her ; all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and the bittern, lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice sings in the windows, and desolation is in the thresholds.'"... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1854 - 510 pages
...that Troy remain in ruins.' — 42. Inultce, unmolested; a sign of great desolation. So of Nineveh : " Flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations." Zephaniah. Capitolium; the seat, as it were, of the Roman empire. — 43. Triumphatis = de quibus triumphus... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1855 - 492 pages
...all ye beasts of the fields come to devour," Isaiah Ivi. 8, 9. " Jehovah will destroy the Assyrian, and flocks shall lie down in the midst of her ; all the wild beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and the bittern, shall lodge in the upper lintels of... | |
 | John Fleetwood - 1855 - 680 pages
...case of Nineveh and Assyria. Zephania, in an hour of passionate inspiration, declared that " the Lord will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness." These cities have long since sunk beneath the... | |
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