 | 1843 - Страниц: 686
...and hearing the inquiry, Watchman ! what of the night ? we raise our cry in the language of old — " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means."* N. THE POOR— THEIR POSITION AND CLAIMS. Every branch of knowledge is but a member of one stupendous... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - 1842 - Страниц: 274
...there are such congregations and ministers in every denomination. It, was so in God's ancient church. " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means : and my people love to have it so." Still, I must also say, that in this slanderous world, Christian... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth - 1842 - Страниц: 314
...matter England has smitten herself with a suicidal blow, the fatal weapon being declension from God. " 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? " The moral pestilence of... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - Страниц: 764
...be avenged on such a nation as this ? 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; 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 1 LECTURE 1192. Of considering... | |
 | Samuel Rutherford - 1843 - Страниц: 324
...; and so do they condemn non-resistance in wars, by consequence, when they cry out, (Jer. v. 31,) " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so." And when they complain (Ezek. xxii. 26 — 28), " That the prophets... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 48
...they stumble in judgment." Isa. xxviii. 7. " 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. v. 30, 31. "Behold,... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - Страниц: 638
...God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon," &c. (Jer. xxviii. 1—17.) " 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. v. 31.) "Shall I count... | |
 | 1844 - Страниц: 524
...priestly office preserved its possessors from error, we read — fearful antitype of Romish crime — " 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? " How small was the number,... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - Страниц: 552
...trut and faithful ? Jer. 5. 30. A wonderful and horrible thing is comNumerous. mitted in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. Zee. 7. 11. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder,... | |
 | Protestant association - 1844 - Страниц: 420
...might more accurately be applied than in our days, and to this generation of men in the British empire: "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so." Never was the startling query that concludes the passage more appropriate... | |
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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 (Jer.5:22-31). 
