 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 948 pàgines
...faith, scarce thirty years old : to whom that saying of Isaiah does very well agree — ' Woe nnto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter' (v. 20). CHAPTER XIV. OF REPENTANCE, AND THE CONVERSION OF MAI?. The Gospel has the doctrine... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 pàgines
...foot from their path : for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood ' (Prov. i. 10-16). Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight ! Which justify... | |
 | 1810 - 582 pàgines
...Hypocrite, or Fanatic, are the mildest epithets which will be applied to him ! But what says Jehovah? ' Woe unto them that call evil Good, and good Evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are an abomination... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pàgines
...filings are all bugbears, and that God can20 not or will not do а.ч they have said. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! who confound the nature qf virtue and vice, contrary to their judg21 тел F and knowledge.... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pàgines
...it : and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know // .' 20 ^f Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 454 pàgines
...should concur in endeavouring to turn it into ridicule. Woe unto them, says the prophet Isaiah, that cd\ evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter I— fheir root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust ; because they... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 pàgines
...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...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Ignorance vitiates and corrupts the conscience two ways: either it makes it unnecessarily scrupulous... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1811 - 614 pàgines
...having corrupt judgements in their minds, whom the Prophet pities, saying, ' Woe unto them that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter (a)' Present things, says a person, are within my reach, but who knows what will be hereafter... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 528 pàgines
...CONFOUNDING GOOD AJD EVIL. Isaiah v. 20. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put dar&ness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. THAT man in his preseit state is a corrupt and sinful creature, is too plain to be denied:... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pàgines
...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...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.* By all these, two fall at once; for the sin of him that commands, counsels &c. does not excuse... | |
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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! 
