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... king over them , who is the Angel of the Abyss , whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon , but in the Greek ... kings of that part of Arabia , from whence Ma- homet came , as Pharaoh was the common name of the kings of Egypt , and ...
... king over them , who is the Angel of the Abyss , whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon , but in the Greek ... kings of that part of Arabia , from whence Ma- homet came , as Pharaoh was the common name of the kings of Egypt , and ...
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... king , though the natural locusts , as Agur observes ( Prov . xxx . 27 ) , have none ; and this king is that evil spirit , who , from the constant mischief he is do- ing in the world , is called the Destroyer . Four angels bound on the ...
... king , though the natural locusts , as Agur observes ( Prov . xxx . 27 ) , have none ; and this king is that evil spirit , who , from the constant mischief he is do- ing in the world , is called the Destroyer . Four angels bound on the ...
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... king of Babylon advanced with an army , that Je- hoiakim admitted him readily into Jerusalem , and that Nebuchadnezzar , having entered the city , in- stantly put him to death , and cast his dead body un- buried without the walls . It ...
... king of Babylon advanced with an army , that Je- hoiakim admitted him readily into Jerusalem , and that Nebuchadnezzar , having entered the city , in- stantly put him to death , and cast his dead body un- buried without the walls . It ...
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... kings or kingdoms , as the word king is interpreted , verse 23 . In several other places of Scripture , wild beasts are the symbol of tyrannical powers , as in Ezek . xxxiv . 28 , and Jerem . xii . 9 , where the beasts of the field are ...
... kings or kingdoms , as the word king is interpreted , verse 23 . In several other places of Scripture , wild beasts are the symbol of tyrannical powers , as in Ezek . xxxiv . 28 , and Jerem . xii . 9 , where the beasts of the field are ...
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... king of Assyria a bee , probably because in pic- ture writing they were represented by these symbols : Thus Isaiah ... kings to avenge his quarrel . The metaphor is taken from the practice of those that keep bees , who draw them out of ...
... king of Assyria a bee , probably because in pic- ture writing they were represented by these symbols : Thus Isaiah ... kings to avenge his quarrel . The metaphor is taken from the practice of those that keep bees , who draw them out of ...
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Æneid allusion altar ancient angels appears Artemidorus Babylon beast BIBLICAL CRITICISM called Christ Christian Chron church cloud compared Daubuz death denote Deut divine eagle earth Egypt Egyptians emblem enemies Euripides Exod expression Ezek Ezekiel fire garments God's Gog and Magog Greek hand hath heathen heaven Hebrew Hence holy Homer horns Hosea idolatry interpreters Isaiah Israel Israelites Jehovah Jerem Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea judgment king kingdom locusts Lord Lowth Luke Matt meaning Mede mentioned Moab nations observes Oneirocritics Ovid passage Persian Plutarch priest princes prophet Prov represented Roman sacred says Scripture Septuagint serpent seven shew signifies Spirit stars symbol temple Testament thee things thou throne tion tree unto verse viii Virgil wings word worship xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxxii Zech
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Page 41 - And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Page 214 - And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth and compassed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.
Page 395 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 360 - By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea : 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains ; being girded with power : 7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Page 67 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 397 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 309 - He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
Page 450 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 210 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication : and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 417 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.