 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pàgines
...do evil, learn to do well Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed." Is. i. 11, 17. In another place: " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," Is. v. 23. Our text speaks of justice, mercy and piety, as good: that is, intrinsically so... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 422 pàgines
...trifle with moral things, and make a mock at sin, of their extreme guilt and danger. "Wo unto them that call eVil good, and good evil; that put darkness...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." The great day of light is coming, which will dissipate the mists and clouds, in which stupid... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 442 pàgines
...fools should concur in endeavouring to turn it into ridicule. Wo unto them, says the prophet Isaiah, that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! — Their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pàgines
...let the counsel of the holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know if." 20. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. 21. Wo unto them that are wise (q) in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight, аз. Wo unto them... | |
 | John Thornton - 1818 - 210 pàgines
...bigots, or sly hypocrites. Religion is termed a melancholy thing; and a strict regard to it, madness. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isa. v. 20. Beware you do not fall under this woe. Let every disguise be torn way. Be willing... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - 490 pàgines
...fools should concur in endeavouring to turn it into ridicule. Woe unto them, says the prophet Isaiah, that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! — Their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust ; because they... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 494 pàgines
...fools should concur in endeavouring to turn it into ridicule. \Voe unto them, says the prophet Isaiah, that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have... | |
 | 262 pàgines
...not evil, that ye may live : and the Lord the God of Hosts shall be with yon : " § and " Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil — that put darkness...darkness — that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." || * Ezekiel, xxxviii. 16. + Ibid, xxxviii. 17. * Ibid, xxxriii. 18, 19 I Am os, vM ( Isaiah,... | |
 | Daniel Sheppard Wayland - 1821 - 476 pàgines
...religion are opposed under pretence of doing service to God. " Woe unto them," says the Prophet, " that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." This is a lively and powerful description of the characters whom we are now considering. It... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pàgines
...said, With our tongue mill we prevail; our lips are our own : who is lord over us ? Isai. v. 20. 23. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil,...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter ! Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from... | |
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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; That put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
