 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pagina’s
...ass his master's crib." — Isa. i. 3. " Shall I not visit " for these things, saith the Lord ; and shall not my soul be " avenged on such a nation as this ?" — Jer. v. Q. such a scene of misery as no tongue can describe, and no heart conceive. The present... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 468 pagina’s
...thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast ou(, and to be trodden under foot of men." 13. And, " shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord...Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ?" Yea, we know not how soon he may say to the sword, " Sword, go through the land !" He hath given... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Samuel Finley - 1811 - 498 pagina’s
...Alas ! the very memory of Christ is almost lost among us. Shall I not visit for these things, aailli the Lord. Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? Jer. v. 9. Perhaps some of you will say, •' You shut us up in a strange dilemma indeed. If we come... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 pagina’s
...selves by troops in the harlots houses. Shall I not visit ' them for these things? saith the Lord; and shall not my ' soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Jer. v. 7, 9. When the apostle Paul had represented this sort of vice, in 1 Cor. vi. 18, 19. as a de/llement... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 454 pagina’s
...thought what Jeremiah says, or rather the Lord by him ; " Shall I not visit for these things ? and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?" The people here are the most bigotted idolaters I ever saw, and the most treacherous and unjust in... | |
 | Ebenezer Aldred - 1811 - 296 pagina’s
...«very one neighed after his neighbour's wife. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this J"— Jeremiah v. 7, 8, and 9. herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her.... | |
 | John Newton - 1811 - 690 pagina’s
...more perfect ; but I expect no perfection in this state : and, when I consider the Lord's question, " Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as " this ?" I cannot but wonder that such a nation as this should still be favoured with so many privileges,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 446 pagina’s
...scandal not only of all religion, but even of human nature, stood to insult both heaven and earth ? " And shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord ? Shall not my soul be avenged of such a city as this ?" It has been the opinion of many, that even this nation has not been without... | |
 | 1809 - 618 pagina’s
...down upon us the just vengeance of an offended God. ' Shall 1 not visit for these things, saith fhe Lord ? Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ?' Another reflection arising from this shcrt history of Herod and John the Baptist is this, That although,... | |
 | William Steel Dickson - 1812 - 522 pagina’s
...corruptions of government," I shall add another, which places the matter in a light stilt clearer. ** A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ! The prophets proph«sy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so!" Here... | |
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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? 
