Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us. The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 304by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 706 pages
...of God, by the prophet Micah : " The heads of Sion judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they Jean upon the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us "?" As if God had said, nothing is so presumptuous... | |
| 1829 - 414 pages
...the prophets thereof divine for money :" all was done for profit, for the sake of filthy lucre ; " Yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ? none evil can come upon as." They were inconsistent professors; they were not sincere ; and therefore,... | |
| Amelia Bristow - 1829 - 284 pages
...abhor judgment, and pervert all equity." . " The heads thereof judge for reward, and the Pro• phots thereof divine for money ; yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say,—Is not the Lord among usr" MM ui. iii. 9,11. The approaching confirmation of her eldest son,... | |
| James A. Begg - 1830 - 264 pages
...certainly,] and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money...lean upon the Lord and say, Is not the Lord among us ? None evil can come upon us. Therefore [on account of this their iniquity] shall Zion for your sake... | |
| Samuel Hibbert - 1830 - 452 pages
...kings and prophets at the bottom of it ! ' They build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity, yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ? none evil can come upon us !' Nay, their unheard of viilanies are made the fulfilling of their vows... | |
| 1831 - 982 pages
...blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach nd with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own none evil can come upon us." Of the wickedness of the rulers we have already made sufficient discourse... | |
| John Jewel - 1831 - 418 pages
...covenant, and require him to perform his promise! So saith the prophet Micah : 'The priest* thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, ami say, Is not the LORD among us T (Mic. iii. 11.)—But the prophet saith: ' All men are liars,'... | |
| George Fox - 1831 - 610 pages
...judge for reward,' saith Micah, ' the priests thereof teach for hire, the prophets thereof prophesy for money, yet will they lean upon the Lord and say, is not the Lord amongst us, no evil can come upon us ? therefore shall Sion for your sakes be ploughed up like a field,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1831 - 444 pages
...of God, by the prophet Micah : ' The heads of Sion judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money ; yet will they lean on the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us?'f As if God had said, nothing is so presumptuous and... | |
| George Fox - 1831 - 512 pages
...the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money,' and yet they would lean upon the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us, and no evil can come upon us? 'Therefore shall Sion for your sakes he ploughed up like a field, and... | |
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