 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...approve and accept of? a day for a man to afflict his soul, to mortify himself by external abstinence, [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to...wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the; 6 LORD ? cunxf thou believe it viill be to ? [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen ? to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...came to mm him, and to-weii themselves to the ground Ix'fcie him. 2 Kings. Is it to hnv down his hcid as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under...wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the . 3. Т о bend, or incline, in condescension. Let it not grieve thee to tow down thine ear... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 pages
...such a fast that I have chosen, that a man should afflict his soul for a day? Is it to bow down the head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes...Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? Isa. Iviii. 5. And what saith God of exterior devotions in general? To what purpose is... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as yc do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen '. a day for...wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD ? tj Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo... | |
 | James Stephen - 1807 - 76 pages
...those solemn Fasts, which w.ere intended to avert his indignation, while oppression was unreformed. " Is it " such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for...afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bul" rush, and to spread sackcloth under him ? wilt thou " call this a fast, and an acceptable day... | |
 | James Stephen - 1807 - 158 pages
...solemn feists, which were intended to avert his indignation, while oppression was unreformed. " Ts it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a Jnan to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth under him?... | |
 | 1808 - 558 pages
...Vitringa makes no remark of this kind on that passage of Isaiah, Is it such a fast that I have chosen fa day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down...bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? " He only quotes what ia said of Ahab, 1 Kings xxi. 27 ; and the Jews in 'Shushan, Esther iv. 2 ;... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...of wickedness ; ye shall npt fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Ver. 5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a...wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Numb. xxv. 6. And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren... | |
 | William Wake - 1810 - 418 pages
...concerning the things : " ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a...man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 450 pages
...outward act will receive any blessing from God. " Is it such a fast that I have chosen, (saith the Lord:) a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow...bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?" Are these outward acts, however strictly performed, all that is meant by a man's ^ afflicting his soul?... | |
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Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 
