"سرد لرحلة إلى موقع مدينة بابل في ١٨١١، طُبعت الآن لأول مرة: مذكرات على الأطلال؛ مع نقوش من الخرائط المدبئية للمؤلف: ملاحظات على طبوغرافية بابل القديمة،بقلم الرائد رينيل؛ في إشارة إلى المذكرات: مذكرات ثانية على الأطلال؛ في إشارة إلى ملاحظات الرائد رينيل: مع سرد لرحلة إلى برسبوليس: طُبعت الآن لأول مرة، مع كتابات مسمارية نسخت في برسبوليس ولم تُنشر من قبل: كتبها الراحل كلوديوس جيمس ريتش، المحترم، المقيم البريطاني السابق لشركة الهند الشرقية في بغداد. حررته أرملته." [‎١‎٦] (٤٧٤/٤٣)

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INTRODUCTION.
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. 1
will sit, also, upon the mount of the congregation.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I
will be like the Most High ! Yet, thou shalt be
brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They
that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and
consider thee, saying. Is this the man that made
the earth to tremble, that did shake king
doms?)" *
Then, in the 22nd verse, the Prophet turns from
the King to the people, and says, " I will rise up
against thein, saith the Lord of Hosts, and cut off
from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and
nephew, saith the Lord. I will also make it a pos
session for the bittern, and pools of water; and I
will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the
Lord of Hosts. The Lord of Hosts hath sworn,
saying. Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to
pass ; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand."t
* M. de St. Croix's paraphrase of this passage is very striking:—
" The princes and great men advance in the place of departed spirits
to meet him. At sight of him they exclaim, Art thou really fallen
from thine exalted throne, where thou didst shine like the morning
star in the heavens—what arm has been strong enough to make him
lick the dust, who was the terror and the scourge of nations ? Thou
saidst in thy heart, I shall mount above the clouds. I will elevate
myself up to heaven. I will establish my throne above the stars; and
I will walk beside the Most High. In the midst of thy projects of
ambition, thou hast been precipitated into the grave !"
f Isaiah, chap. xiv. Thus rendered by M. de St. Croix,— 44 The
Almighty has spoken: I will extinguish the very name of Babylo
nian, and the posterity even to the last remnant of this hateful race.
The place of their abode will I give over to birds of prey and reptiles.