 Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty"?  Sermons, - Page 236by Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1807Full view - About this book
 | John Collier (of High Wycombe.) - 1791 - 566 pages
...vanity, as he walked to and fro in his Palace, he was heard to fay, '•' Is not this great Babylon, that I have built by the might of my " Power, and for the honour of my Majefty." While the words were yet in his mouth, Nebuchadnezzar was driven out from fociety, dwelt... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1794 - 466 pages
...They wert wont to talk in this haughty ftile," Arc not my princes altogether kings.2 — Is not this great Babylon which I have built by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majtftv. — I lit as a !sdy; I am Sc there is none befides me! — I am the fon of the wife, the fonof... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 pages
...greatness, and said — " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" Thus was his boasting, till a voice from heaven said, the kingdom is departed from dice ; and he was driven... | |
 | James Dana - 1806 - 518 pages
...and fafety," we may expect a fudden reverfe. Nebuchadnezzar vaunted, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built " by the might of my power, and for the honour of " my majefty. While the word was in his mouth, " there fell this voice from heaven, Thy kingdom is " departed... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 pages
...because he had presumed to speak in this uncreature-like language, " Is not this great Babylon, that / have built, by the might of MY power, and for the honour of MY majesty ?"t Observe what stress he lays upon the little, proud monosyllables / and MY. Daniel, that honest... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 370 pages
...The Almighty beholds with displeasure those who, intoxicated with prosperity, forget their dependence on that supreme Power which raised them up. His awful...visitation from Heaven came, and the voice was heard ; 0 Nebuchadnezzar ! to thee it is spoken ; thy kingdom is departed from thee. — He that exalteth... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...blasted from Heaven for, the, insolence of those that formed them. ' Is not this great Babylon, that I have built by the might of my power, and for the honour of wy majesty ? While the word w;a§ in the King's, mouth, there fell a voice from HeaTen, saying, the... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...palace, he exclaimed, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? " Thus boasted proud man before his Maker : but " those that walk in pride, God is able to abase ; " and by... | |
 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 pages
...nature. In the height of his prosperity, Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built by the " might of my power, and for the honour of my "majesty?" But, when the voice fell from heaven, " The kingdom is departed from thee;" he then to acknowledge,... | |
 | Lady - 1824 - 452 pages
...terrace, exuding in the splendour of his capital and exclaiming, ". Is not this great Babylon which / have built by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty !" he was suddenly bereft of his senses, and either wandered into the forests, or was driven out by... | |
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