 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?  Letters to the young - Sida 238efter Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1828 - 241 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Wright (of Borthwick, Scotland.) - 1828 - 464 sidor
...both of Prophets and of Evangelists. For thus speaketh God by the voice of the Prophet : — " Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to...Lord ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart), Henry Clissold - 1828 - 196 sidor
...fist of wickedness. Ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to...call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? /* not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose y " Yet," &c. The pretences of those who rely... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 sidor
...fingers with iniquity ; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath mutto afflict his soul? is it to '2 1 6 7s not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 sidor
...the sins that had offended Him, and neglected to practise those duties which He enjoined— " Is this such a fast that I have chosen — a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen.... | |
 | Thomas Charlton Henry - 1829 - 356 sidor
...reproved by the word of God. He asks, of some, who had fallen into this self-righteous delusion, " Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to...Lord ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness ?"* And a verse which follows, beautifully describes the effect of the... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1829 - 306 sidor
...fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast, as ye do this day, to make your voice be-heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to...Lord ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 sidor
...this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? — a day for man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his head...Lord '. Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free ; and that... | |
 | John Wesley - 1829 - 520 sidor
...ward act will receive any blessing from God. " Is it such a fast that I have chosen, saith the Lord ; a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow...bulrush, and. to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ?" Are these outward acts, however strictly performed, all that is meant by a man's " afflicting his... | |
 | 1829 - 424 sidor
...this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day fora man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day unto the Lord?... | |
 | Margaret Woods - 1829 - 528 sidor
...and to clothe the naked, if we wish to perform an acceptable fast to the Lord. It is notfo a man, " to bow down his head as a bulrush and to spread sackcloth and ashes und?i him." Kings and legislators may proclaim an outward fast; but their orders cannoi reach the heart.... | |
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