The daily gazette., 1881-01-01
WILMINGTON. DEL SATURDAY.. JANUARY l. 1881.

make their land desolate, and perpet-
ual Kissing; every one that passeth there
by shall be astonished, and wag bis
head. will scatter them as with an,
east wind before the enemy" Jer. IL,
Is, II. EL0
Therefore thus saith the Lord OF hosts
because ye have not heard my word. Be-
hold, l will send and take all the families
ofthe north saith the Lord, and Nebuch-
Q lnezzar the King of Babylon, my SER
want, and will bring them against this
land, and against the inhabitants there
of, and against all these nations round
about, aud will utterly destroy them,
and make them an astonishnent, and a
Kissing and perpetual desolation. And
this whole land shall be a aesolatiOD
and an astonIshment; and these nations
shall serve the King Of Babylon seventy
years." Jerm. 25, 8, IL.
All this csme 10 pass as foretold.-
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon cap.
tured Jerusalem, destroyed 1t, aud carri-
ed the people away 70 Babylon.
"And it shall come to pass, when sew
enty years are accomplished, that will
panish the king Of Babylon, and that
nation for their iniquity, and tie land Of
al ldesoIation'"-Jer. 25-12
"For thus saith tho Lord, That after
seventy years be accompl plisbed at Baby
Ion, will visit you and perform my
good word towards you, in causing you
TO return to tht- plaoe.--Jer. 29--10.
Now, AT tho end OF these seventy years
B,bylon was taken by Cyrus, king OF
Persia, and the King Of Babylon was
slain.
A graphic account Of this event Is Civ
On In Daniel 8.
"BelsbaHzAr, the king (of Babylon)
made great feast TO thousand OF his
lords, and drank wine before tho thous-
Rnds. BulshagZAr while he tasted the
wine, commanded TO bring the golden and
silver vessels which his father, Nebu
chadnezzAr, had taken ont of the tem.
pie which was In jerusalem; that the
king and his princes, his wives and his
ooncublnss, might drink there 10. Then
they brought the golden vessels that were
taken out Of the temple Of the house OF
God which was at Jerusalem; and the
king ana his princes, his wives and
his concubines drank in them. They
drank vine. and praised the gods OF
gold, and Of silver, of brass, OF iron of
wood and Of stone. In the same hour
came forth fingers OF mans hand and
wrote over against the caDdlestiok upon
tDC DiaSibT buo WAL VI lHo mug par
Ace; and the king saw the part OF the
hand shat wrote."-Dan. 8; 1-5
Nov at this time the armies Of Medea
and Persia lay around Babylon be-
seiglnR IL. But the city was consider
cd impregnable on account Of the height
of the walls. The river Euphrates, how
ever, ran through the city and the Per-
sans found means TO turn the river out OF
iis course, and AZ the very hour OF the
handwriting upon the wall they were
entering the city by the bed of the river.
The Persiaa king, having been shown
the prophecies concernIng the capture
OF Baby ion, the captivity OF the Jews,
and his own part In the matter, being
evea mentioned by name, was so impress
Q by them that he caused the Jews TO
return and rebuild Jerusalem.
This was done so that at the appointed
time the NJ essiah should appear amongst
them But as they rejected him, their
CITY was again destroyed, a. a. the pres
ent day. w. r. QUINBY.