Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . fire and sword, and the representations and inscriptions found on the walls of the manychambers and courts afford a strong confirmation ofthe prophecies. Then shall the fire devour thee,the sword shall cut thee off. It is evident from theruins that the city was first sacked and then set onfire. She is empty and void, and waste. For
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . fire and sword, and the representations and inscriptions found on the walls of the manychambers and courts afford a strong confirmation ofthe prophecies. Then shall the fire devour thee,the sword shall cut thee off. It is evident from theruins that the city was first sacked and then set onfire. She is empty and void, and waste. For thestone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out ofthe timber shall answer it. Woe to him that buildetha town with blood and establisheth a city by iniquity—the latter prophecy unmistakably indicating therapacity and cruelty of the Assyrian nation,. The veritable descendants of the ancient inhabi-tants of Assyria and Nineveh are found in theChaldean or Nestorian tribes, inhabiting the moun-tains of Kurdistan, and villages in the neighborhoodof the ruins of Nineveh. Most of the so-called Arabshere are also descendants of the ancient inhabitants ofthe provinces of the Assyrian empire. These peopleBtill speak a Shemitic dialect, almost identical with \m.
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