...and lo ! the powers of heaven were shaken, ' Now,' said he, ' will the predictions be accomplished, the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun and the moon shall be darkened in their going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine...

...the earth with the rod of his mouth ; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked." " Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and with fierce anger ; to lay the land (earth) desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof we are assured...

...as a woman that travaileth ; they shall be amazed one at another ; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with...the land desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners out of it. For the stars of heaven, and the constellations thereof, shall not give their light ; the...

...judge among the nations, and rebuke many people. Isa. ii. 4. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land...desolate ; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof ont of it Isa. '.iii. 9. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the...

...as a woman that travaileth ; they shall be amazed one at another ; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the Lord Cometh, cruel both with wrath and tierce anger, to lay the land desolate ; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the...

...from the end of heaven, even the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with...and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew...

...Christendom, we cannot but perceive the exact resemblance; and perceiving it, we cannot but tremble. Surely, " the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath...and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it." (Isaiah, xiii, 9.) Surely, we have had our day of grace : soon must come the day of reckoning. Surely,...

...describes the future fall of Babylon in the same imagery, (chap, xiii.) "Behold the day of the Lord cometh, for the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light : the sun shall be most satisfactory interpretation to my mind is that of Bishop Porteus, that the whole twenty-fourth...

...dwelleth righteousness." Psalm civ. 35. " Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth." Isaiah xiii. 9. " Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with...and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it." Proverbs xi. 31. " Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth ; much more the wicked and...

...dwelleth righteousness." Psalm civ. 35. " Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth." Isaiah xiii. 9. " Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with...and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it." Proverbs xi. 31. " Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth ; much more the wicked and...