 | 1810 - 596 էջ
...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 ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter tor sweet, and sweet for bitter. He that justitieth the wicked, and he that condeiuneth the just, even... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 էջ
...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... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 էջ
...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 ;...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 442 էջ
...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... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 422 էջ
...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... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 էջ
...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 էջ
...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...that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their mvn sight ! Again : Woe unto them that are mighty to drink ver. 22,23. wine, and men of strength to... | |
 | John Thornton - 1818 - 210 էջ
...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;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isa. v. 20. Beware you do not fall under this woe. Let every disguise be torn way. Be willing... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - 490 էջ
...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...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... | |
 | John Miller - 1819 - 280 էջ
...inhabitant. Are not nature and experience here ? Again : Woe unto them that call evil good, and\ei. go, 21. good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light...in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Again : Woe unto them that are mighty to drink ver. 22, 23. wine, and men of strength to mingle strong... | |
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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! 
