FIRST PROPHET.
Why, let them come; one good remains to cheer—
We fear the Lord, and know no other fear.
[Exeunt Chaldeans.
CHORUS OF ISRAELITES.
Can chains or tortures bend the mind
On God’s supporting breast reclin’d?
Stand fast,—and let our tyrants see
That fortitude is victory.
[Exeunt.
ACT THE SECOND.
Air.
CHORUS OF PRIESTS.