 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; I have consumed them with the fire...  Genius of Universal Emancipation - Page 1711833Full view - About this book
 | La Roy Sunderland - 1836 - 194 pages
...liea unto them, saying, Thus saith the LORD God, when the LORD hath not spoken. Eaek. xxii, 28. 5. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and hare vexed the poor and needy; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. Ezek. xxii, 29. 6.... | |
 | 1837 - 328 pages
...vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the LORD God, when the LORD hath not spoken. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised...yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for... | |
 | Edward Stopford (bp. of Meath.) - 1837 - 282 pages
...the prey, to shed blood, to destroy the souls, to get dishonest gain." 29 : " The people of the Lord have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have...yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully." Amos viii. 5, states their wish to get rid of the sabbath, that they might break the eighth commandment... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 882 pages
...vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. 29 b The people of the land have used • oppression, and...robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : yea, they hare oppressed the stranger * wrongfully. 30 f And I sought for a man among them, that should «make... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 pages
...hat should stand in the gap before me for the and, that I should not destroy it; but I found lone. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with he fire of my wrath ; their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord.' 'mi we despise... | |
 | 1837 - 340 pages
...Listen, then, to one of the many invitations he has given us of the way in which he will punish it. " The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have jexed the poor and needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully, and I sought for a man... | |
 | 1841 - 538 pages
...his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, nor of necessity; for the Lordjoveth a cheerful giver." "The people of the land have used oppression, and...exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy.'' " I the Lord love judgment. I hate robbery for bunitoffering." The above is a correct summary of objections,... | |
 | La Roy Sunderland - 1839 - 154 pages
...LORD hath not spoken. Ezek. xxii, 28. 5. The people of the land have used oppression, and exereised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. Ezek. xxii, 29. 6. They traded the persons of men, and vessels of brass in thy market. Ezek. xxvii,... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised...yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the fap before me... | |
 | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - 1843 - 156 pages
...oppression, least the language made use of by the Almighty through his prophet, should be extended to us ; " The people of the land have used oppression and exercised...therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; their own way have I recompensed upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.' We do, therefore, most... | |
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