 | 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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All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the 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... 
