| William Penn - 1807 - 394 pages
...his mouth, with this haughty question, " 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 ?"c But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, " a voice from heaven rebuked... | |
| Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 524 pages
...(Nebuchadnezzar) spake and said : is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was Jirst walled round by Belus ; but... | |
| Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 492 pages
...(Nebuchadnezzar) spake and said : is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my tfifljesty ? Abydenus informs us from Megasthenes, 40 that Babylon was first waited round by Belus;... | |
| Joshua Spalding - 1808 - 456 pages
...Great King, who/is builder and maker is God; and, in the place thereof, engraved, Is not this Great Babylon, that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom,...by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majfjiy? The policy of Babylon, was the fame as that purfued by the ferpent, in tempting our firft... | |
| Joshua Spalding - 1808 - 472 pages
...ivkojc builder and maker is God; and, in the place thereof, engraved, Is not this Great Babylon,that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom) by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majcfty? The policy of Babylon, wasv the fame as that purfued by the ferpent, in tempting our firft... | |
| John Aikin - 1808 - 730 pages
...grandeur and prosperity, as he was pronouncing " 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?" an affliction fell upon him, •which is mysteriously described in the book of Daniel, as... | |
| Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...palace of the kingdom of Babylon, 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 ?" God saw him : and, " while the word was in the king's mouth there fell a voice from heaven,... | |
| Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 pages
...that becomes none but the King of heaven : " Is not this great Babylon that /have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?"* While he is thus self-deified, he that is higher than the highest, and who pours contempt... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 412 pages
...Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house ofthe kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1811 - 824 pages
...themselves, say with Nebuchadnezzar, " Is not this great Babylon, which " I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the " might of my power, and for the honour of my ma" jesty ?"2 — " And immediately the angel of the Lord f< smote him, because he gave not God the... | |
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