Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, derived principally from the manners, customs, rites, traditions and works of art and literature, of the eastern nations : embodying all that is valuable in the works of Harmer, Burder, Paxton, and Roberts, and the most celebrated oriental travellers . ust;and over all the ancient streets and habitations there is lit-erally nothing but the dust of the ground on which to nakedness shall be uncovered. Our path, says Cap-tain Mignan, lay through the great mass of ruined heapson the site of shrunken Babylon. And I am perfectlyincapable of conveying an
Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, derived principally from the manners, customs, rites, traditions and works of art and literature, of the eastern nations : embodying all that is valuable in the works of Harmer, Burder, Paxton, and Roberts, and the most celebrated oriental travellers . ust;and over all the ancient streets and habitations there is lit-erally nothing but the dust of the ground on which to nakedness shall be uncovered. Our path, says Cap-tain Mignan, lay through the great mass of ruined heapson the site of shrunken Babylon. And I am perfectlyincapable of conveying an adequate idea of the dreary,lonely nakedness that appeared before me.—Keith. CHAPTER LII. Ver. 21. And concerning the pillars, the heightof one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a fillet oftwelve cubits did compass it; and the thicknessthereof was four fingers: it was hollow. In the same way do the people of the East speak of anything which is less in measure than a span. What heightare your pepper vines V— About two fmgers. Whenthe rice becomes five fingers in height we shall want morerain. That which is less than a finger is spoken of as agrain of rice ; the next gradation is an ellu, i. e. gingellyseed ; the next is a mustard seed; and the last an anu, i. atom.— LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH. CHAPTER 1. How doth the city sit solitary that wasfull of people I how is she become-as a widow !she that was great among the nations, andprincess among the provinces, hoio is she be-come tributary I Jerusalem had been sacked by a ruthless foe, and hersons had been carried off to Babylon. As a a husband dies, the solitary widow takes off herniarriap;e jewels, and other ornaments; hfr head is shaved Iand she sits down in the to bewail her lamentablecondition. In the book Scanda Purana, it is said, after thesplendid city of Kupera had been plundered by the cruelAssurs, the city deprived of its riches by the pillage of theAssurs, resembled the winow! Je
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