Fondare 978 Risultati per: City Walls
Down they must come, the battlements that crown those walls, lie inglorious in the dust. (Isaiah 25, 12)
Mountain-dwellers he can bring low, towering city walls he can level, level them with the ground, drag them down to the dust. (Isaiah 26, 5)
Meanwhile, the city that once was fortified must lie desolate, forsaken, that fair dwelling-place, abandoned, part of the wilderness; cattle will browse and lie down, and crop the tall bushes on it; (Isaiah 27, 10)
Out upon the drunken lords of Ephraim, and the city that is their boast, their crown! Quickly shall it fade, this flower, in the pride of its beauty. Careless they dwell at the head of yonder fruitful valley, all besotted with their wine; (Isaiah 28, 1)
Out upon her, Ariel,✻ the lion-city King David stormed long ago! This year once added to the tale of years, feast-days of it over and gone, (Isaiah 29, 1)
I will lay siege to Ariel, that shall roar and roar again, a lion-city indeed. (Isaiah 29, 2)
watching a man’s words to convict him of guilt, defrauding him of justice at the city gate, setting aside, with a quibble, the plea of the innocent? (Isaiah 29, 21)
That thorns and briers should come up in these lands of yours; come up over haunts you loved, in the city that was all mirth! (Isaiah 32, 13)
But first the hail-storm must do its work, forest be laid low, city levelled with the ground. (Isaiah 32, 19)
Why, thou art no match even for a city prefect, the least of my master’s servants. Trust if thou wilt in Egypt, its chariots and its horsemen; (Isaiah 36, 9)
At this, Eliacim and Sobna and Joahe said to Rabsaces, My lord, pray talk to us in Syriac; we know it well. Do not talk to us in the Hebrew language, while all these folks are standing on the walls within hearing. (Isaiah 36, 11)
What, said Rabsaces, dost thou think my master hath sent me with this message for thee only, and for that master of thine? It is for the folk who man the walls, these companions of yours that have nothing left to eat or drink but the ventings of their own bodies. (Isaiah 36, 12)
