| Edward Bickersteth - 1841 - 472 pages
...therefore God's message to Babylon is, Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babglon ; sit on the ground, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. Isaiah xlvii. 1, 2. The very opposite is the situation of Zion. She now sits in the dust, and then... | |
| 1841 - 214 pages
...Assyria,) it was first reduced from an imperial to a tributary city. " Come down, and sit in the dust, Î virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground : There is no throne, Î daughter of the Chaldeans: For thou shall no more he called tender and delicate. Take the millstones,... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...of his, unto all who repent and believe. A swift and sudden destruction is denounced on Babylon. 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter...no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans : for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal : uncover thy locks,... | |
| 1842 - 448 pages
...under the means of grace. This will be sufficiently proved by the following passages — Isa. xlvii. 1, "Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter...there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans." Jer. xlvi. 11, "O virgin, the daughter of Egypt : in vain shalt thou use many medicines ; for thou... | |
| George Bush - 1842 - 240 pages
...symbolical term. In Isaiah 47: 1, for instance, the city or kingdom of Babylon is thus apostrophized : " Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon ;" explained in the Targum by ' Regnum congregationis BabyIoniae,' — kingdom of the Babylonian congregation;... | |
| George Bush - 1842 - 240 pages
...symbolical term. In Isaiah 47: 1, for instance, the city or kingdom of Babylon is thus apostrophized : " Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon;" explained in the Targum by ' Regnum congregationis Babylonian,'—kingdom of the Babylonian congregation;... | |
| William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pages
...grind in the prison. (Judges 16. 21.) The prophet Isaiah, speaking of the judgment upon Babylon, says, "Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter...the ground : there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans. Take the millstones, and grind meal," but not with the wonted song: "Sit thou silent, and... | |
| Alexander Keith - 1843 - 300 pages
...Ibid. for the first time,* by Cyrus, it was afterward reduced from an imperial to a tributary city. Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon : sit on the ground, there is no thron;, O daughter of the Chaldeans. — After the Babylonians rebelled against Darius, the walls were... | |
| George Rapall Noyes - 1843 - 328 pages
...will give to Zion salvation ; To Israel, my glory. Fall of the Babylonian kingdom. — CH. XLVII. 1 COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin, daughter of Babylon ! Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans ! For thou shalt no longer be called the tender and delicate.... | |
| 1843 - 488 pages
...by the holy prophets, Isa. õÙ. 19; xlvii. 5; Jer. li. 54 But, " Come down, and sit in the dust, Î virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground : there is no throne, Î daughter of the Chaldeans," Isa. xlvii. 1. " And I will punish Bel in Babylon," (his splendid emple,)... | |
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