| 1819 - 488 pages
...kingdom of Babylon. The king spake 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 ? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar,... | |
| 1819 - 896 pages
...himself was couched in the singular number. " Ь 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 Î" (Dan. iv. 30.) In fact, the pride which dictated this assumption of the plural number seems... | |
| Sir Walter Raleigh - 1820 - 620 pages
...broke out into these glorious words : ' Is not this ' great Babel, that I have built for the house of * the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for * the honour of my majesty ?" Surely if those things be true that are by Josephus rehearsed of him out of Berosus and... | |
| Alexander Watson - 1867 - 1026 pages
...with uninterrupted success and power, " 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 !" Nebuchadnezzar was a heathen, but he had previous discoveries made to him by Daniel's interpretation... | |
| Charles Rollin - 1821 - 558 pages
...grandeur and magnifience, is saying to himself, ° Is not tins great Babylon that I built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of' my power, and for the honour of my majesty 9 in this very instant, when, by vainly flattering himself that he held his power and kingdom... | |
| Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...splendour of his 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... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...hands? — Dan. iii. 14, 15. The king said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in hta mouth, &c. a voice said, The kingdom is departed from thee. —... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...hands? — Dan. iii. 14, 15. The king said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in his mouth, &c. a voice said, The kingdom is .departed from thee. —... | |
| Benjamin Beddome - 1824 - 366 pages
...saved by grace. As Nebuchadnezzar 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 ; so Christ may say of the church, his spiritual temple ; and what he says of the church in... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...6. Sometimes pride shews itself in word. 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 ? Daniel iv. 30. And again hi. 15; Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands ?... | |
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