...the Assyrian empire are finely described by the prophet Ezekiel, under the similitude of a tree. " Behold, the " Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a PART I. their dominion from the borders of Egypt, i the frontiers of India. In the prosecution of these...

...his multitude ; Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? thou thinkest no prince equal to 3 thyself, but Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with...fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs ; it overtopped the most flourishing trees,...

...cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and he? daughters shall go into captivity. XXXI. 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. Behold, the king of Assyria was a greater...

...? Think not, that no king is comparable to thee, in power and greatnessXXXI. 3 Behold, the Assyinan was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high statare ; and his top was among the thick boughs. Behold, the king of Assyria was a greater...

...Assyria being also a representative symbol of rationality. Of the former state it is written — " Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. The waters made...

...king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian wan a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set...

...empire, under the splendid and majestic imagery afforded by vegetation in its most flourishing state : " The Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair "-branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an " high stature, and his top was among the thick " boughs. The waters made him great, the deep set...

...appeared to bear witness, in the Through the portals which they guarded, words of the prophet, that one* " the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches,...high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs bis height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches...

...his power would vanish away. Under the same emblem Ezekiel ( xxxi. 3 — 6 ) describes the Assyrian empire. "Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with a shadow ing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. — His height...

...man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? 3 ll not profit an high stature ; aud his tup was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set...