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Side 235
... Ctesiphon , on the opposite bank of the Tigris , where they resided in winter ; and that city , formerly a village , became great and powerful . " Six centuries after the latest of the predictions , Chaldea could also boast of other ...
... Ctesiphon , on the opposite bank of the Tigris , where they resided in winter ; and that city , formerly a village , became great and powerful . " Six centuries after the latest of the predictions , Chaldea could also boast of other ...
Side 263
... Ctesiphon , in about thir- ty - three years , had sufficiently recovered its strength to maintain an obstinate , siege against the emperor Severus . Ctesiphon was thrice besieged and thrice taken by the predecessors of Julian . ” And ...
... Ctesiphon , in about thir- ty - three years , had sufficiently recovered its strength to maintain an obstinate , siege against the emperor Severus . Ctesiphon was thrice besieged and thrice taken by the predecessors of Julian . ” And ...
Side 264
... Ctesiphon , " whatever could not be easily transported , they consumed with fire , that Chosroes might feel the anguish of those wounds which he had so often inflicted on the provinces of the empire ; and justice might allow the excuse ...
... Ctesiphon , " whatever could not be easily transported , they consumed with fire , that Chosroes might feel the anguish of those wounds which he had so often inflicted on the provinces of the empire ; and justice might allow the excuse ...
Side 267
... Ctesiphon was taken , in the second century , by the generals of Marcus . Even Julian , who , in the fourth cen- tury , was forced to raise the siege of Ctesiphon , came not in vain to Chaldea , and failed not to take of it a spoil ...
... Ctesiphon was taken , in the second century , by the generals of Marcus . Even Julian , who , in the fourth cen- tury , was forced to raise the siege of Ctesiphon , came not in vain to Chaldea , and failed not to take of it a spoil ...
Side 268
... Ctesiphon , as previously he had described the sack and conflagration of Se- leucia , ( cities , each of which may aptly be called " the daughter of Babylon , " having been , like it , the capital of Chaldea , ) is written as if , by ...
... Ctesiphon , as previously he had described the sack and conflagration of Se- leucia , ( cities , each of which may aptly be called " the daughter of Babylon , " having been , like it , the capital of Chaldea , ) is written as if , by ...
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Side 38 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Side 33 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Side 46 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Side 93 - Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Side 382 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Side 189 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Side 326 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Side 247 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Side 70 - And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Side 388 - Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.