 | Theology - 1827 - 560 pages
...do them ; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And lo ! thou art unto them as a very lovely song...; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.' And so it is at the present day. The people are ready enough to say, ' Come, let us go up to the house... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetous. ness. And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of...can play well on an instrument : for they hear thy vrords, but they do. them not. Amos viü. 5. Saying, which is in itself sinful :' and hy all needless... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
...every age. Thus of Ezekiel's hearers God said " lo thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one who hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not." Ezek. xxxiii. 32. Thus the stony ground hearers "receive the word with joy, and for a while believe... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1826 - 420 pages
...before thee as my people, and they hear thy words : but they will ndt do them. Thou art unto them as one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument : for they hear thy words ; but do them not !" O that ye may " not be forgetful hearers, but doers of the word, that ye may be blessed... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1828 - 408 pages
...amusement ; and persons may flock to it as to a concert. We know it was so with Ezekiel's hearers. " And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song...; for they hear thy words, but they do them not." If you are with a person whom you dislike, his presence is tolerable in a large company, where you... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Biography & Autobiography - 1954 - 452 pages
...conversation. Ezekiel served his Master with his most musical and melodious powers, so that the Lord said, "Thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that...pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument." Although this, alas! was of no use to Israel's hard heart, as nothing will be but the Spirit of God,... | |
 | Gabriel Josipovici - Religion - 1990 - 376 pages
...who is telling them an awful truth: 'And, lo,' says Ezekiel, miming their speech, 'thou [ie himself] art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath...instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not' (33:32). See H. Fisch, Poetry With a Purpose (1988), ch. 4. Chapter IX Walter Benjamin, Understanding... | |
 | E. W. Bullinger - Bibles - 1999 - 2170 pages
...tljem: for with their mouth tfjeg "shew much love, bat their heart goeth after Iheir covetousness. 32 And, °lo, thou art unto them as °a very lovely song...voice, and can play well on an instrument : for they bear thy words, but they do tfyem not. 33 And when this cometh to pass, (32lo, it will come,) then... | |
 | Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies. Congress - Foreign Language Study - 1992 - 194 pages
...words of this letter and how beautifully they are put while ignoring its contents. For it is written "And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song...instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not." [Ezekiel 33:32] (Revell 1923, p. 187. My emphasis) It is hard to imagine that Saadya Gaon would have... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 514 pages
...do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song...instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among... | |
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And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 
