 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel : for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing...  The Scottish Pulpit - Sivu 1281834Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1849 - 700 sivua
...xxiii. 9, 10.) Nearly two hundred years earlier, (BC 784,) Hosea had spoken to the same effect : " The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of...stealing, and committing adultery, they break out." (Hosea iv. 1, 2.) These last passages are remarkable. They show that profane swearing, under the generic... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 sivua
...uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Hos. iv. 1. C. Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel :...truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God, in the land. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge : because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 146 sivua
...they understand ; they walk on in ,l;.u-km» ; all /he foundations of the earth are out of course.- Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel :...truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of GOD in the land.- For my people is foolish, they have not known me ; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding... | |
 | William Hurn - 1823 - 142 sivua
...the book of truth. One passage from the chapter last quoted throws a flood of light on the subject : "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing,...and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish,... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 548 sivua
...Mine eyes run to and fro through the earth ; and behold, because of swearing the land mourneth ; for there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God,...and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Shall I not visit,' shall I not execute vengeance, for such things as these? ' Yes... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 sivua
...atheism. — We may justly apply to our days, what the prophet Hoseasays of the corruption of his time, There is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God...and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood, Hos. iv. 1, 2. Therefore we have good cause to prefer David's prayer, Help, Lord, for... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 sivua
...Mine eyes run to and fro through the earth ; and behold, because of swearing the land mourneth ; for there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God,...and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Shall I not visit,' shall I not execute vengeance, for such things as these? ' Yes;... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 sivua
...of truth shall be established for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment. — Prov. xii. 19. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, &c. by lying, &c. therefore shall the land mourn. — Hosea iv. 1 — 3. Ephraim compasseth me about... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 sivua
...of truth shall be established for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment. — Prov. xil. 19. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, &c. by lying, &c. therefore shall the land mourn. — Hosea iv. 1 — 3. Ephraim compasseth me about... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 sivua
...have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding." Jer. iv. 22. "• The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of...truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land." Hos. iv. 2. "They (that is the wicked) say unto God, depart from us : for we desire not the knowledge... | |
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