...xl. to Ixvi. calls Cyrus by name as the conqueror of Babylon, and exults over her fall : " 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 hast trusted in thy wickedness...

...il. p. 433. For the ancient practice, compare Herod, i. 193, and Strab. xvi. 1, §14. 57 ""Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground. . . . Take the "millstones, and grind meal." (Is. xlvii. 1, 2.) »" Ijiyard, "Nln. anil Bab."...

...her sorcerers or magi will be able to avert the calamity. I Come down • (from thy throne of glory) and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground, not on thy throne, O diuighter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called " The delicate,"...

...poetic temperament of the peois seen in common speech.2 Nations are usually presented in the guise of a female character: ''Descend and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon;" 3 sometimes in the person of their kings (eg, a most striking instance in Isa. xiv). Inanimate objects...

..." the multitude of thy sorceries, if so be thou mayest prevail " (verse 12). XL VII. 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...

...the harlot, be near, O blessed Isaiah. Let us see what thou sayest concerning Babylon — ' Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on tlie ground, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans— for tltou shalt no more be called tender...

...plunged into the " bottomless pit." Then came the prophecy of Isaiah to its fulfilment : " 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...

...haste, and come down.'' Mrs. Millard spoke on the first and seventh verses : verse 1, " Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground," and verse 7, " And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever." Many were convicted of pride...

...Babel that would be worshipped as a god, that is, that 5 Babel is worship of self. Again : Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon ; sit on the earth, without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. . . . Fpr thou hast trusted in thy wickedness...

...changed the temple of the Holy Ghost into a brothel ? Straightway shall" they hear the words: " Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground; there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and...