New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-25

sc.4r-e q. Israel tl account u' Toe SIS oi TIE at
.rr. Is-s-. hai copied ,he .lo.lty e Assyria-
Jeremiah r-pr0sc1 trem .or going ~ lie say o.
Assyna Ezeki-l accuses them % going ~ 1or-
lag with the Ass1riaus-the common term % De.
ult- lda' s-ry-a departure from the virgin puritv
% the Jewish religion snd worship ~ " ia a.
th-lr idols she ceh.ed herself Where lo-e Ihare
eivtr,t Der Iutl the hand % her lovers into Oh
hand OF t-- Assyr.a-s, upon whom she doateth f
H0ses Complains 0t the propensity az Israel -
cal a0ll Assyra flr delive-an-e from Danger
Nhen in reality G1d wss Furnishing her FOR id1la-
Try. E4hralm b. ike sly dove y .thout heart
they ca. - E-vpt-tley 60 t9 Assyra. Thea
DE- predicts that ! ,hrsIm shall De- carried - As
s,IIa as 3 present to kiog Ja-ei and shall eat IN
clean trir-s. Blt Cd loved Israel. Tley were
ms chosen. n wo1.d rot saf-r them g. .2n Ut
-er away.
When the Assyriaa host. Ia Is victorious arch
westward. las reached Jergss.-m Itself and con-
temptlus def JEHOVAH. there stands up be0re
1e ahlghfei Jewish klDE q rouzh-ylsaged man
with Isu- beard alI pl4ln attire. cry ~ Fear
not, Jehovah shall delse- thee. The Assn rian
shall be DESTROYED. IL Is remarkable how ire
71cnt suc how minute are these predictions In the
cd Testament previous . tie destruction Of As
syris. Isaiah is tall % II. Micah a,o pr0pAeslrs
rs destruction, And He VII stretch out bis hand
against the north and destroy Assyrla. a0d will
make Uneven desOatl1u. aud dry hkc a wilder
ness And hocks shai. ile down IN the mldst OF her
a. tie beasts o. tie nations both the cOrm0rant
and the bttern sh'i iod -e IN the upper tlnses oi
IL, tleIr voice shalt sing 70 tie windows desc
is,ion shall b. In tie thresholds ior he shall VI
cover the celarwors. TINS i the rejoicing city
that dwell c3re.e-s.y that said IN her heart am.
s1d there IS none beside me how = she become
des laiion piccs for beasts o. he down ia every
one that pass-th by her shall hiss and WAC his
hand Bat the most striking exhibition OF GOO
Indignation seaiast che cry, and bis purpose to
f.-.H D. p Aa.r
winch is wholly devoted to this one thing. Be
{ r-. however ! read ia your hearing, tots re-
markkD.e prophecy, let as cndeavOr 20 picture 20
ourselves the city against whichlt was uttered.
On the eastern bank Of the broad aud rapid
Tizrsstrc tchingf for eichteenmics stands Nlneveh.
wi,n it walls 700 feet Ia hight, and broad that
claiois three abreast may drive thereon while the
huge blttrosses and towers AZ every corner aHd
angle afford sure defense. Entering the city We
behold beautiful gardeus on every hand, and
h0cks and herds saf.cieat % malatain a pro.
tracted siege. Passing GA a distance OF some
miles into The heart oi this vast area, we behold
The palace q the King. elevated upon huge plat
forms oi sunburnt bricks, To remove 10 from the
d8mpness # the SOL near the bank of the river,
aud 10 render 10 more cool and salIbriods ia the
heat OF SUMNER W. pass into this palace through
a portal guarded on either hand by coossalimsges.
We tread the long aud lofty corridors on each side
adorned with Sou ptIred marble and above these
sculptures are decorations iu gaudy c0lors oi the
King in his trIumphs. leading home from victory
his captives. or enjoying himself amid the sports
OBJ. the chase or ofl. 'isiiur IN the high religions
ceremonies Of the nation We trcsion sculpturei
marble. chrouichng the deeds of long generations
OF KINGS. A. the end Of the great hall 100 feet IN
length. a. 10 width and ID la hight, We behold the
King himself ln ROYAL state bis cup-bearers, with
their patters o silver aud gold, are kneeling at ms
side his great men stand around him, and are
obcdient TO his nod he is adorned IN the choicest
embroidery. In Kings apparel. As We follow on
from one chamber 20 another we see here the
golden couch on which he IS accustomed 70 repose,
and there the implements of the chase with which
he is wont % divert himself The who'cIs illumin-
afcd through the stained windows which admit
the clear ileht of the blue heavens above. That
Monarch Yields scrpter over mlliions-ali
Western Asia u subject to his will-kgypt has
felt bis pow er-israeI God s chosen, has trcmbled
at his iootstep. in tAis very hight OF his grandeur
rises zap the i3ac Prophet Of Jadea and utters his
note of waning.
sFNTENCF AGAINST NINENkH
An angry God and aveng ing is jehovah
Jehovah .cih aud is fan of wrath
jehovah tsketh vengeance on biz aiverssflss
And Boz kccpcfh anger for biz enemies.
The mountains uemble before him,
And the hills melt
And lifted no is the earth Ia his presence
And the world and all that dwell therein
end % her place lNinevehl
And darkness shall pursue his enemies
What do We Assyrians devise against Jehovah
An end be makefh,
second time. distress shall not arise
For A. ihomy entangled.
And as with their wine drunken.
They shall be consumed a. stubbe fully dry
But Of thee A,svral hath Jehoy an commanded
That no more OF thy name shall be sown.
From The house OF thy gods viii cut on the cary
I'd image and the molten image
viii make thy grave, for thou art vile
Then follows comfort 10 Israel, alter which the
Prophet proceeds
And N.neyeh was hike pool Of waters Of old
Yet they flee stand stand but no ono looketh
back
seize the silver seize the gold
And there no end 20 the treasure.
Abundance OF al costly vessels
Desolauon devastation and destruction knees
And The heart meits and there i lettering OF the
And plngs all loins and all faces gather redness
Woe % the city oi blood
The whole u her with violence Is full
she doth Lot give up her prey.
10 ! am against thee saith Jehos an OF Hosts
And vii uncover tly skirts before thy face
And Will Cause the nations 70 see thy nakedness,
And the kingdoms thy shame
And VIII cist upon thee denominations
And viii disgrace thee,
And Will sci thee a gazing stock,
And II shah 70 pass that every one that seeih
thee ell all lee from thee.
And shall -4y Peri-hed i Nlneveh
Who snail bcgaI her
When shall seek comiorters tor thee
10 thy people are women "a the midst OF tnee'
To thy enemies wide opened shall be me gates OF
thy lane
The are shall consume thy bars,
No healing tor thy breach.
lncur45le j. thy wound
All that hear the report Of thee.
snail clap the hands upon thee, ally passed
For upon whom hath not thy wlckcdness conilna'
Now let Us look FOR the laliimeat VI this predic'
ton. What more unreasonable, humanity speak
ng. than that such G city, 80 tall OF maZnihcence
sud power, should come % such an end oenua-
,herib was succeeded, as We have seen, by his son
Esarhaddon He was probably the Sardanapaus
li Proiane History. In the early part OF his reign
he appears % have been active aud s9ccess'ul
warrior but he sank into sensuallty and sloth'
and was especially addicted TO the oes,ial vlco
The satrsps OF Media and baoy'
Onia revoitei and besegei him Ia his capital ne
sustained the siege for three years, such were the
resources OF Nineveh: and prediction was a.
ered By the oracle that the clry should never De
aiken until the river Itself should rise and over
xhelm Il. Sardana2elus felt that be was SAFE
Dut the tradition Is that on certain morning i
\ a. rumored that the river, by sudden rise. nal
Effected breach Ia the ais, and that through |
hat breach the enemy were entering. The prep |
aratols a. the Palace still witnstood tneH ap- |
Droach The King, however, found that his SUB
ects were desertlDg him on every hand, and y
avoid the disgrace of being captured By his ene-