 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 456 pages
...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 for light, and light for darkness ; that fut bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !•?-> 'Their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 576 pages
...usually, takes the one for the other, until it falls under that woe denounced by the prophet, Isa. v. 20. Woe unto them, that call evil good, and good evil...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Ignorance vitiates and corrupts the conscience two ways: either it... | |
 | 1809 - 1152 pages
...it : and let tile counsel cf the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it .' 20 U nnd Tight for darkness ; tllat put bitter for sweet, and sv;cct for bitter ! 21 Woe unto tlic in that... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 376 pages
...the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. (p) 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. • . (q) Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...contribute directly to the sin of others, and bring that woe on themselves, Isa. IT. 2O. ' 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.* By all these, two fall at once; for the sin of him that commands,... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 682 pages
...branches of the •ante sentence, and directs us to rest while we can tell three ; as, Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for tseet, and sweet for bitter. And especially where there is a sort of opposition between the one... | |
 | 1825 - 620 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...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth... | |
 | 1815 - 586 pages
...see it : and 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 ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...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 ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," Is. v. 23. Our text speaks of justice, mercy and piety, as good:... | |
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