...have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty ? While the word was in the king's mouth there fell...thee it is spoken ; the kingdom is departed from thee ; and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field : they...

...my hand hath gotten me this wealth f. Nebuchadnezzar walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon,...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar,...

...the ostentatious vaunt of the mighty Nebuchadnezzar himself was couched in the singular number. " Ь not this great Babylon that I have- built for the...might of my power and for the honour of my majesty Î" (Dan. iv. 30.) In fact, the pride which dictated this assumption of the plural number seems to...

...great king of Assyria, * swollen with pride and puffed up with uninterrupted success and power, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built, for the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty !" Nebuchadnezzar was a heathen, but he had previous discoveries made to him by Daniel's interpretation...

...who had wrought wonder* toward him," when walking in the splendour of his palace, he exclaimed, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? " Thus boasted proud man before his Maker : but " those that walk in pride, God is able to abase...

...Babylon, " perhaps on the top of the hanging gardens, from which he could survey the whole city, " And he said ; is not this great Babylon that I have built...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?" He ascribes no glory to God; no praise to the Most High ; he speaks, as if he were the sole author...

...Father's love, and mine. A rebel overcome, a wanderer restored, a sinner saved by grace. As Nebuchadnezzar said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ; so Christ may say of the church, his spiritual temple ; and what he says of the church in general,...

...wherewith thou hast clothed me ; and let me not imitate the vanity of that profane' monarch, who cried, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? On the contrary, grant that I may devoutly adore him by whom I reign ; and that I m;iy prostrate...

...looks, but the Lord looks aloof at them, Psalm cxxxviii. 6. Sometimes pride shews itself in word. Is not this great Babylon that I have built, for the...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ? Daniel iv. 30. And again hi. 15; Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands ? It was...

...affairs of men. * John iv. 22. " Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon walked in the palace of his kingdom, and the king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon...might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar,...