Rambles in Bible lands . SKETCH MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE SURROUNDING HILLS the foot of this scarp with a steep, rough rock-slopebelow, and, in one place at least, a second deeperscarp beneath the other, giving a rock-cut, perpendicularface of some 50 feet in height ! JERUSALEM 127. THE CATTLE-MARKET AT JERUSALEM Well might David, rejoicing in the security of Gods people, allude in triumphant language to these remarkable features as fitting symbols of the divine protection, and to the awe with which they struck the minds of those monarchs who came to besiege the city when they first beheld them
Rambles in Bible lands . SKETCH MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE SURROUNDING HILLS the foot of this scarp with a steep, rough rock-slopebelow, and, in one place at least, a second deeperscarp beneath the other, giving a rock-cut, perpendicularface of some 50 feet in height ! JERUSALEM 127. THE CATTLE-MARKET AT JERUSALEM Well might David, rejoicing in the security of Gods people, allude in triumphant language to these remarkable features as fitting symbols of the divine protection, and to the awe with which they struck the minds of those monarchs who came to besiege the city when they first beheld them— Beautiful for elevation—the joy of the whole landIs Mount Zion. For lo ! the kings were assembled, they marched on beheld, and so they marvelled, they were troubled, they hastedaway. i28 RAMBLES IN BIBLE LANDS Walk about Zion, and go round about her, count her towers ; Mark ye well her bulwarks. . For this God is our God for ever and ever, He will Himself be our guide over This rock-cut scarp thus exposed, and which, ifthe authorities had not interfered, would doubtless havebeen traced round much of the city, must have formedpart of the lofty, immovable foundation upon which themighty wall Josephus describes was reared. Towersof amazing stren
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