...generation. Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, and...desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces."* " I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the...

...generation : neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and...desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces : and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged." Isa. xiii, 19—22. Babylon was...

...neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there • neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But mid beasts of the desert shall lie there : and their houses...desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces." " Thou shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased...

...pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shah lie there, and their houses shall be full of doleful...desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces."* " I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the...

...the name of Babylon, that the prophet spoke when he said, ' the wild beasts of the desert shall dwell there, and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures, and owls shall build there, and satyrs shall dance there,'» etc. etc. The bitter recollections which Gibbon retained...

...neither shall the Arabian pitch his tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and...and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there."—From such scenes of measureless sterility and forsaken greatness, he turns to those of joy,...

...neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, and the houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls...satyrs shall dance there, and the wild beasts of the desert shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces."* " I will also make...

...tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the dcscit shr.ll lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful...and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there."—From such scenes of measureless sterility and forsaken greatness, he turns to those of joy,...

...the dancing. The only remaining place where the word occurs is in a prophecy of desolation, viz : ' And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures...shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.' ISAIAH, xiii., 21. Which only serves to show how universally rejoicing is denoted by dancing; when...

...neither shall the Arabian pitch his tent there ; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures." The " heaps" or mounds of Babylon are distinctly named. "Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud...