...20—44. One of the figures by which this formidable- invasion is represented is awfully sublime. " The SEA is come up upon Babylon ; she is covered with the multitude of the wares thereof." And the account of the sudden desolation produced by this great armament of a multitude...

...would be in Ephesus neither angel, nor church, nor city — when the great city would become ' heaps, desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness — a land...dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby!' On.ce it had an idolatrous temple celebrated for its magnificence as one of the wonders of the world,...

...praise of the whole earth surprised ! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations ! 42 reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. 20 The chil 43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither...

...concurred to accomplish most literally that prophecy of Jeremiah, regarding the final ruin of Babylon — " Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness ; a land where no man dwelleth, neither doth any man pass thereby. "f * Micah vii. 10. t Jeremiah li. 43. JOURNEY...

...particularly impressive. Passing oversuch a soilthecamel's tread produces scarcely any sound. Captain Lyon says, " I have sometimes walked at night from...dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man * Humboldt's Voyages, liv. vi, chap, xvii. dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby."* —...

...of flowing to her any longer as tributary streams, would all at once overflow and destroy her: — "The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with...of the waves thereof. Her cities are a desolation, &c." — "The waters shall not flow together any more unto him. (Bel.)" — "The Lord hath spoiled...

...denunciation, Cut off the sower from Babylon; And him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest. The sea is come up upon Babylon : She is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. Not only has Babylon been overrun by the enemy, in the figurative language of prophecy, but literally,...

...Medes and Persians in vast numbers, to overthrow Babylon, it is said, in the 5 1st chapter, 42nd verse, "The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitudes of the waves thereof." In the 26th chapter of Ezekiel, the third verse, the same figure...

...Medes and Persians in vast numbers, to overthrow Babylon, it is said, in the 51st chapter, 42nd verse, "The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitudes of the waves thereof." In the 26th chapter of Ezekiel, the third verse, the same figure...

...of flowing to her any longer as tributary streams, would all at once overflow and destroy her: — "The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with...of the waves thereof. Her cities are a desolation, &c." — "The waters shall not flow together any more unto him. (Bel.)" — "The Lord hath spoiled...