| Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...water, where the greatness and glory of Assyria is likened unto a Cedar-tree. It is thus described : " Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair...stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. " Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied,... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? 3 ll not profit ; aud his tup was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? *m*»ft"rqr ^ ^ Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon * with...stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. t or, lumruh- 4 The waters + made him great, the deep J set him up on jor, brought high with her rivers... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...comparative immortality. The description of this tree by the prophet Ezekiel is fine and true : — " Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and of an high stature ; his top was among the thick boughs. His boughs were multiplied, and his branches... | |
| Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude ; Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? 3 IT Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair...stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants,... | |
| Thomas Whittemore - Bible - 1832 - 390 pages
...down her forest, saith the Lord." The fall of Assyria is described in the same manner by Ezekiel. " The Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches,...high stature, and his top was among the thick boughs. * * * Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath... | |
| 1832 - 440 pages
...— " Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and of an high stature ; Mid his top was among the thick boughs. His boughs were multiplied, and his branches becam* long. The fir trees were not like his boughs, nor the chesnut trees like his branches; nor any... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. LESSON CLIII. The former Glory of Assyria. BEHOLD, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair...stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. 2 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants,... | |
| 1832 - 858 pages
...the cypress. The description of the cedar of Lebanon by the prophet Ezekiel is fine and true : — " Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. His bomrhs were multiplied, and his branches... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1835 - 746 pages
...Lebanon. ' Behold,' says Ezekiel, ' the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and of a high stature, and his top was among the thick boughs....were multiplied, and his branches became long. The fir-trees were not like his boughs, nor the chesnut trees like his branches. Nor any tree in the garden... | |
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