 | 1825 - 618 pages
...though scented with perInmes and clad in imperial purple. '' Woe unto them that call evil good, Mid good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitteribr sweet, and sweetfor bitter !" — Iw. v. 20. Sin deceives by specious promises. And what... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...looked for judgment, but behold, oppression ; for righteousness, but behold, a cry. 20 Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 442 pages
...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... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it ! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight ! 22 Woe... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 422 pages
...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 darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet Jor. bitter! IT appears from the preceding context, that God had used a great variety of means, to... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 600 pages
...entertain favourable thoughts of the vilest actions, as some are represented doing, Who call evil good, anS good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter, Isa. v. 20. 4. The next spiritual judgment mentioned in this answer, as a punishment for sin,... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 598 pages
...vilest actions, as some are represented doing, Who call evil good, one! evil; that ptit darkness Jar light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter, Isa. v. 20. 1 4. The next spiritual judgment mentioned in this answer, as a punishment for... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | John Miller - 1817 - 280 pages
...inhabitant. Are not nature and experience here ? Again : Woe unto them that call evil good, andver. 20,21. good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their mvn sight ! Again : Woe... | |
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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! 
