 | Ethan Smith - 1823 - 202 pages
...denunciations of the prophets ? Micah had foretold that in this very calamity they would presumptuously "lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ? No evil shall come upon us." So blind and presumptuous are hypocrisy and self-confidence! " The temple... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...judgment, and pervert all equity, &c. 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 shall Zion for your sakes be ploughed as a field. — M,c.... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...judgment, and pervert all equity, &c. 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 shall Zion for your sakcs be ploughed as a field. — Mic.... | |
 | Richard Hele - 1825 - 598 pages
...therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered b. The priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money...upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? None evil can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field ; and Jerusalem... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...of the wheat t Am. viii. 4 — 6. 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 che LORD among us ? none evil can come upon us, Mir. iii. 11. And said unto them, It is written, My... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1826 - 644 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...lean upon the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us ?"J As if God had said, nothing is so presumptuous and unreasonable as to lean upon God, and think... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 590 pages
...naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of Hosts. (Mai. vi. 10.) " The priests ot Zion preach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money....lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among ws ?" (Mic. iii. 1 1.) Thus saith the Lord, " The prophets bite with their teeth, and cry peace : and... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 618 pages
...prophet Micah describes them in these remarkable words: ' The sin of Israel ii great, and uurepented of, yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ? None evil can come upon us.' (in. 11.) You will never hear people that are in this dangerous state,... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 652 pages
...reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will tliey lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ? none evil can come upon us. MIC. vii. 4. The best of them is as a brier ,- the most upright is sharper... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 662 pages
...reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet vntt they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among its ? none evil can come upon us. MIC. vii. 4. The best of them is as a brier ; the most upright is... | |
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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. 
