 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 454 pages
...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 ) and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter I— fheir root shall be as rottenness,... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 pages
...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 ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Ignorance vitiates and corrupts the... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...tile counsel cf the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it .' 20 U Woe unto them - - - - L nnd Tight for darkness ; tllat put bitter for sweet, and sv;cct for bitter ! 21 Woe unto tlic in that... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...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 for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.* By all these, two fall at once; for... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 376 pages
...the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. (p) Wo 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. • . (q) Happy is he that condemneth... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 682 pages
...branches of the •ante sentence, and directs us to rest while we can tell three ; as, Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for tseet, and sweet for bitter. And especially where there is a sort... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...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 for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...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 ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," Is. v. 23. Our text speaks of justice,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 442 pages
...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 for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! — Their root shall be as rottenness,... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 418 pages
...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 light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet Jor. bitter! IT appears from the preceding context,... | |
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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! 
