 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...when he dieth he shall carry nothing away ; his glory shall not descend after him, Ps. xlix. 16, 17. The king spake, and said. Is not this great Babylon,...by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty1! Dan. iv. 30. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's... | |
 | Teacher's offering - Essays - 1825 - 140 pages
...made by Nebuchadnezzar, that he may be said to deserve the honour he claims, in Dan. iv. 30 ; " Is not this great Babylon, that ' I have built, for the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" This city was fortified by immense walls, 87 feet thick, and 350 high, built in an exact square,... | |
 | John Davison - Apologetics - 1825 - 578 pages
...similar prediction of Moses, they are altogether unlike the bent of man's own feeling and wisdom. " Is not this great. Babylon that I have " built for the..." of my power, and for the honour of my majesty*?" This was the arrogancy of an elated king : but the bias of nature, the ordinary movement of human feeling,... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1825 - 616 pages
...before the pride of his power had filled his heart, and then his mouth, with this haughty question, "Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty c ?" But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, "a voice from heaven rebuked the pride... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...zenith of its glory in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who proudly -claimed it as his own creation : " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?'"1 This magnificent city, the capital or beginning of Nimrod's kingdom, stood on a large plain,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...have built for the house of theiingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell...it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee. 32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field : they... | |
 | Robert Morrison - Missions - 1826 - 596 pages
...he had embellished, said, either mentally or audibly, with vain self-complacency, Dan. iv. 30. " Is not this great Babylon that I have built, for the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty." But whilst the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from Heaven, denouncing a punishment... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...stately towers, — those solemn temples, which made thy king of old say, in the pride of his heart, " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built, for the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?''* All that now remains of thee, according to the testimony of modern travellers, are a few masses... | |
 | Eli Meeker - Bibliography - 1827 - 410 pages
...of Babylon, who is called Nebuchadnezzar. As he was walking in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon, The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon,...might of my power and for the honour of my majesty? From such an air, views, and language eveny sensible and pious man cannot but wish to be delivered.... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...particularly prayer and thanksgiving lit might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. Dan. iv. 30. Ths king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon that...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? k Hab. i. 16. Therefore, they sacrifice unto their net, and barn incense unto their drag : because... | |
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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. And 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,... 
