 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).  A Walk about Zion: Revised and Enlarged - Page 36by John Alonzo Clark - 1842 - 244 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Robinson - 1824 - 450 pages
...countrymen, after he had described the wicked state in which they lived. " The prophets prophesy falsely, the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so." There can be no worse state of a people than this. The prophets might say any thing, true or false,... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 pages
...did of the. Jews in the time of Jeremiah ! 'A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people,' my once favoured people, ' love to have it so.' But, horrible and wonderful as this practice must seem... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1824 - 492 pages
...country, never shall be said of this. ' A wonderful and a horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; AND MY PEOPLE Slave Trade.—By a decree of the Congress of Mexico, the importation of slaves into that country is... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 574 pages
...did of the Jews in the time of Jeremiah ! 'A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people/ my once favoured people, ' love to have it so." But, horrible and wonderful as this practice must seem... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...avenged on such a nation as this ? 30 A wonderful and horrible thin; is committed in the land ; 31 at in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are...my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye ar and what will ye do in the end thereof? (E) CHAP. VI. f\ YE children of Benjamin, gather yourselves... | |
 | John Jewel (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1825 - 536 pages
...Prophet Jeremiah * to the Clergy of that period. A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The Prophets prophesy falsely , and the Priests bear...by their means, and my people love to have it so, Johannes Vitalis de Pralatis el Sacerdotibus. » Jer. v. 30, 31. Church; still he did not hesitate... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? Luke vi. 39. c The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people love to hate it so : and what will ye do in the end thereof ? Jer. v. 31. Were they ashamed when they had committed... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...prophets, Prophesy not unto us right tilings ; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits, Isa. xxx. 10. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people love tu have it so : and what will ye do in the end thereof.' Jer. v. 31. But there were false proAD 31.... | |
 | 1824 - 408 pages
...gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things." But alas ! of this country it must be said, " the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and the people love to have it so." Among the many who call themselves Christians, it is to be feared,... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 600 pages
...if he had said with Jeremiah, v. 30, 31, "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...by their means ; and my people love to have it so : and what will ye do in the end thereof?" For who can resist those who are defended by the voice of... | |
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