Nineveh: its rise and ruin, a course of lectures1850 |
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... inhabitants . Joshua , the valiant leader of the tribes of Israel , told them in his last address- " Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time , even Terah , the father of Abraham , and the father of Nachor : and ...
... inhabitants . Joshua , the valiant leader of the tribes of Israel , told them in his last address- " Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time , even Terah , the father of Abraham , and the father of Nachor : and ...
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... inhabitants of the neighbouring village of Deraweish still consider Nimrod as their founder . The village story- tellers have a book they call the ' Kisseh Nimrod , ' or , Tales of Nimrod , with which they entertain the peasants on a ...
... inhabitants of the neighbouring village of Deraweish still consider Nimrod as their founder . The village story- tellers have a book they call the ' Kisseh Nimrod , ' or , Tales of Nimrod , with which they entertain the peasants on a ...
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... , not of marble or granite , but of a material little better than baked clay , if left without inhabitants , would fall into shapeless ruins before the ravages of time . citizens . The Eastern Jews of the present day understand 56 NINEVEH :
... , not of marble or granite , but of a material little better than baked clay , if left without inhabitants , would fall into shapeless ruins before the ravages of time . citizens . The Eastern Jews of the present day understand 56 NINEVEH :
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... inhabitants must have ex- ceeded one million and a quarter . The domestic habits of these Asiatics will , perhaps , further explain the reason why they occupied so wide an area , and that the dimensions of an Eastern metro- polis were ...
... inhabitants must have ex- ceeded one million and a quarter . The domestic habits of these Asiatics will , perhaps , further explain the reason why they occupied so wide an area , and that the dimensions of an Eastern metro- polis were ...
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... inhabitants in the pursuit of gain and gladness . As the entrepôt of commerce between Northern Asia and Southern Europe , it could not be otherwise : trade brought wealth - wealth , luxury - luxury , dis- sipation , excess , and deep ...
... inhabitants in the pursuit of gain and gladness . As the entrepôt of commerce between Northern Asia and Southern Europe , it could not be otherwise : trade brought wealth - wealth , luxury - luxury , dis- sipation , excess , and deep ...
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Página 183 - WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Página 180 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Página 129 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Página 106 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Página 134 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown.
Página 135 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Página 16 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Página 39 - And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Página 117 - Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Página 147 - Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David : and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.