...the nations......23. I will also make Babylon a possession for the bittern and pools of water....and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts." , This passage is remarkable for sublimity. The doom of the subject of the prophecy, the king...

...doth any son of man pass thereby.'* * The ' Arabian shall not pitch his tent there. I will make it a possession ' for the bittern, and pools of water...with ' the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts !'[- But in the days of Babylon's prosperity, the surrounding country abounded with the fruits...

...morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations — 23, I will also make Babylon a possession for the bittern and pools of...it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts." This passage is remarkable for sublimity. The doom of the subject of the prophecy, the king...

...remnant, And son and grandson, saith Jehovah. ' 23 And I will make it an inheritance for the porcupine and pools of water ; And I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, Saith Jehovah of hosts. " 24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have devised, so shall it be...

...the name and " remnant," had the Lord of hosts sworn above 300 yeari before : " I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and " pools of water...and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction — fit shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be " dwelt in from generation to generation, neither...

...of the king nf Uubulrjn. I will also make it a pos« session for the bittern, and pnols of water :f and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. Л noble, though beautiful image ; intimating the -vile nature of sin, the total extirfhition...

...off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water :...it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass...

...name and remnant," had the Lord of hosts sworn above three hundred years before : "I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water : and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction ; ' It shall never 'be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither...

...when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah/' The awful prophecy is literally fulfilled— "I will make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water :...it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts." The primitive inhabitants of Chaldaea have generally been re16 garded as descendants of Shem,...

...the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saitli the LORD. 23 I will also make it a possession !i>i ray thee, be verified, which thon LOUD of hosts. 24 1i The LORD of hosts hath sworn"; saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come...