 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
 | Martin Luther - 1826
...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... | |
 | 1847
...beam in ourselves. Moreover, it was a charge brought against Israel of old, " The prophets prophecy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so " (Jer. v. 31). Oh, remember the fault is with the people no less than the prophet ; the charge is... | |
 | 1826
...and the taught, in all religions not truly modelled upon the word of God : " The prophets prophecy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so." A collection of correspondent texts would readily detect the causes and consequences of such combinations... | |
 | John Samuel Thompson - 1826 - 280 pages
...to carry into execution fraudulent purposes; and, in general, the complaint of the Prophetistootrne: "the Prophets prophesy falsely, and the Priests bear rule by their means; and the people love to have it so!" * But let all that would profit by reading, the holy Scriptures, show... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1826 - 370 pages
...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826
...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1826 - 370 pages
...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826
...such a nation as this ? AC6U. 31 The prophets prophesy * falsely, and the priests *bear tch XT |4i' rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so : and &xxiti.is,s& what will ye do in the end thereof? Eiek. xiii. 6. ' t Or, tat f into tharkands.... | |
 | John Platts - 1827
...leaders of this people cause them to err, and they that are led of them are destroyed. JER. v. 31 : 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? Hos. iv. 9 : There shall be, like people, like priest ; and... | |
 | 1827 - 443 pages
...how bad soever they may be themselves, do generally hate evil priests, grew to be pleased with it. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...rule by their means; and my people love to have it so : From the prophet even to the priest, every one dealt falsely a. And upon that, a woe is denounced... | |
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