My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: And he looked that it should... Elements of criticism [by H. Home]. - Page 249by Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 515 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes, Isa. v. l, 2. I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman, John XT. 1. c О Jerusalem, Jerusalem,... | |
| 1825 - 712 pages
...are considered as the vines, from whom fruitfulness is expected; but it is said, Isa. v. 2. ." And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes." Alas! of how many is this descriptive at this day, in this our highly favoured land. As to our religious... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...the wild grapes to which the prophet compares the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah : " And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes."" They are also the sour grapes to which another inspired prophet alludes, when he predicts the destroying... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...ivith the choisest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and : 9 That strengthened the spoW against the strong, BO that the spoi*i shall co 3 And BOW, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.... | |
| Robert Pedder Buddicom - 1826 - 488 pages
...the choicest vine ; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it...me and my vineyard. What could have been done more for my vineyard that I have not done in it ? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes,... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1826 - 412 pages
...if he treats thom improperly, or unjustly, after he has made them free moral agents, lie says to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, " judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard." He appeals to the same people to judge of the rectitude of his conduct towards them. "Hear now, O house... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1826 - 858 pages
...with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes." The 7th verse tells us that this vineyard was the house of Israel, which had so ill requited the favour... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...built a tower *«*<!/•/*<?«<». in the midst of it, and also | made a winepress therein : and t or,j he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought |™" forth wild grapes. AC758. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, — — — that I have not done in it? wherefore,... | |
| Congregational churches - 1826 - 590 pages
...of his conduct and the righteousness of his commands and prohibitions. "O inhabitants of Jérusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard." " Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, О house of Israel, Is not my way equal ?... | |
| John Bird Sumner - Bible - 1826 - 360 pages
...Israel ; is not " my way equal ? are not your ways unequal?" Isaiah has a passage no less conclusive : " Now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men " of Judah ; judge, I pray you, between me and " my vineyard. What could have been done " more to my vineyard, that I have not done... | |
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