 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 948 sidor
...faith, scarce thirty years old : to whom that saying of Isaiah does very well agree — ' Woe nnto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter' (v. 20). CHAPTER XIV. OF REPENTANCE, AND THE CONVERSION OF MAI?. The Gospel has the doctrine... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 sidor
...foot from their path : for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood ' (Prov. i. 10-16). Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight ! Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him !... | |
 | 1810 - 582 sidor
...Hypocrite, or Fanatic, are the mildest epithets which will be applied to him ! But what says Jehovah? ' Woe unto them that call evil Good, and good Evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are an abomination... | |
 | 1808 - 500 sidor
...the work of corruption more secretly, but more certainly : bul hear the words of the prophel — " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, anj sweet for bitter." (Isaiah v. 20.) " Of the same nature with indecent conversation is the singing... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 sidor
...filings are all bugbears, and that God can20 not or will not do а.ч they have said. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! who confound the nature qf virtue and vice, contrary to their judg21 тел F and knowledge.... | |
 | 1807 - 570 sidor
...it : and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know // .' 20 ^f Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight ! 22 Woe... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 454 sidor
...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...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter I— fheir root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust ; because they... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 sidor
...usually, takes the 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...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Ignorance vitiates and corrupts the conscience two ways: either it makes it unnecessarily scrupulous... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 sidor
...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...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. • . (q) Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. For whatsoever... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 sidor
...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...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.* By all these, two fall at once; for the sin of him that commands, counsels &c. does not excuse... | |
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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! 
