The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . ineveh. WOE to tlie bloody city! it is all full of liesarul robbery; the prey dejDarteth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of therattling of the wheels, and of the prancinghorses, and of the jumping chariots. 3 The horseman lifteth u]d both the brightsword and the glittering spear: and thereis a multitude of slain, and a great numberof carcases; and there is none end of theircorpses; they stumble upon their corpses: 8 Art thou better than populous No, thatwas situate among the rivers, that had thewater
The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . ineveh. WOE to tlie bloody city! it is all full of liesarul robbery; the prey dejDarteth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of therattling of the wheels, and of the prancinghorses, and of the jumping chariots. 3 The horseman lifteth u]d both the brightsword and the glittering spear: and thereis a multitude of slain, and a great numberof carcases; and there is none end of theircorpses; they stumble upon their corpses: 8 Art thou better than populous No, thatwas situate among the rivers, that had thewaters round about it, whose rampart wasthe sea, and her wall ivas from the sea 1 9 Ethiopia and Egypt tvere her strength,and it was infinite ; Put and Lubim were thyhelpers. 10 Yet ivas she carried away, she went intocaptivity: her young children also weredashed in pieces at the top of all the streets:and they cast lots for her honourable men,and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shaltbe hid, thou also shalt seek strength becauseof the No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it. —Nahum iii. 8. 4 Because of the multitude of the whore-doms of the well-favoured harlot, the mistressof witchcrafts, that selleth nations throughher whoredoms, and families through herwitchcrafts. 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lordof hosts; and I will discover thy skirts uponthy face, and I will shew the nations thynakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee,and make thee vile, and will set thee as agazing-stock. 7 And it shall come to pass, that all theythat look upon thee shall flee from thee, andsay, Nineveh is laid waste : who will bemoanher? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? 1002 12 All thy strong holds shall he like fig-treeswith the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, theyshall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, thy people in the mid
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