 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the...  Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews - Seite 105von Robert Lowth - 1829 - 464 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Taylor - 1869 - 422 Seiten
...in the prophet's view, already eonquered, which seems opposed to the theory (i). Thus: ' Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin, daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground : there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans ' (Is. xlvii. i). In ver. 9 we read : ' These... | |
 | John Kitto - 1869 - 798 Seiten
...this idea to express the abject state of slavery to which Babylon should be reduced : " Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon : sit on the ground, take the mill-stones and grind meal." Isaiah Ivii. 1, 2. Dr. Shaw observes, that most families... | |
 | Charles François Lenormant - 1869 - 572 Seiten
...proud Babylon must ere long herself feel the miseries she had inflicted on Jerusalem. ' ' Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground : there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldasans : for thou shall be no more called tender... | |
 | Annie Keary - 1870 - 360 Seiten
...empire, long ago foreseen by the Hebrew prophets, had at length come in a watch of the night. " Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon ; sit on the ground, there is no throne. O daughter of the Chaldeans, thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.... | |
 | Edward Higginson - 1871 - 472 Seiten
...into captivity. Her greatness, pride and skill, sliall all be of no avail.) [Ch. xlvii. 1.] Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans ; for thou shalt no more be called tender and... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1875 - 628 Seiten
...Both expressions are noticeable. (i) The latter one is easy. It occurs only in xlvii. i : " Come down, ؝ ground: " — in Job ii. 13 : " So they sate down with him upon the ground. . . • and none spake... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1875 - 212 Seiten
...salvation shall not tarry : and I will give salvation to Zion ; to Israel, my glory. 47 COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground ! there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! for thou shalt no more be called tender and... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1875 - 574 Seiten
...silent, and get thee into darkness, for thou shalt no more be called The lady of kingdoms.§ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon ; sit on the ground, for there is no more a throne for thee, O daughter of the Chaldseans.| * Jer. 1. 2. I Jer.... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1875 - 480 Seiten
...Job's friends rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads" Job ii. 12. " Come down, and sit in the dust* O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground, there is no throne," Isaiah xlvii. 1 ; not to mention other passages. The reason why they put... | |
 | John Philip Newman - 1876 - 528 Seiten
...centuries passed in review before me. The voice of Isaiah was heard in sublime apostrophe : " Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground : there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans : for thou shalt no more be called tender... | |
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