 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 oldal
...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 ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," Is. v. 23. Our text speaks of justice,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 442 oldal
...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 for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! — Their root shall be as rottenness,... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 422 oldal
...SERMON III. THE ESSENTIAL AND IMMUTABLE DIFFERENCE ' BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. ISAIAH v, 20. Wo 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 Jor. bitter! IT appears from the preceding context,... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 oldal
...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 for light, and light for darkness -, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. 21. Wo unto them that are wise (q)... | |
 | John Thornton - 1818 - 210 oldal
...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; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isa. v. 20. Beware you do not fall... | |
 | 1819 - 488 oldal
...after rewards ; they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto themf. Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 494 oldal
...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 for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Their root shall be as rottenness,... | |
 | 262 oldal
...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 for light, and light for darkness — that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." || * Ezekiel, xxxviii. 16. + Ibid,... | |
 | 1821 - 788 oldal
...into private property, by inclosure bills, to which may be justly applied the words of holy writ : " Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my... | |
 | Daniel Sheppard Wayland - 1821 - 476 oldal
...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 for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." This is a lively and powerful description... | |
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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! 
