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! Sermons - Page 376by Hugh Blair - 1808Full view - About this book
| 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 conscience two ways:... | |
| 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 - Theology, Doctrinal - 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 the sin of him that... | |
| Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 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 not himself in that... | |
| Isaac Watts - Dissenters, Religious - 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 of opposition between... | |
| Missions - 1825 - 618 pages
...though scented with perInmes and clad in imperial purple. '' Woe unto them that call evil good, Mid good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitteribr sweet, and sweetfor bitter !" — Iw. v. 20. Sin deceives by specious promises. And what... | |
| 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 the stubble, and the... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it ! 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 ! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and... | |
| Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 442 pages
...regulate the opinions of men ; but by their opinions cannot be controlled. Its nature continues invariably the same, though all the multitude of 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,... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1815 - 422 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, that God had used... | |
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