 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; I have consumed them with the fire...  Genius of Universal Emancipation - Page 1711833Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1843 - 348 pages
...Ver. 26. Her priests have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. — Ver. 31. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them, I have consumed idem with the fire of my wrath ; their own ways have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord.... | |
 | 1844 - 490 pages
...liberality to the poor! Israel, in a degenerate age, is thus accused by the prophet Ezekiel: — " The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised...yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully," Ezek. xxii. 29. Solomon has left us several beautiful proverbs on this subject, which have become common... | |
 | Theology - 1856 - 924 pages
...that filled up the measure of their iniquities, was the oppression of the stranger (Ezek. 22: 29). " The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised...yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully." Also, in the prophecy of Zechariah, after the captivity and destruction of the city, " the word of... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...thereof are Hke wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 29. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised...yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 31. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1845 - 392 pages
...faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own ? *Ezek. xxii. 29. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vtxed the poor and needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. Lev. xxv. I/. Ye shall... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 740 pages
...; her priests hare violate I my law, and hare profaned my holy things; her princes are like wolves; the people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery: and I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me Jor the... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Slavery - 1846 - 416 pages
...Prov. xxii. 22, 23. "For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt-offering." Isa. Ixi. 8. "The people of the land have used oppression, and...; yea they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me in... | |
 | David Marks - Baptists - 1846 - 528 pages
...Lord' — slavery is my institution — keep it sacred — when the Lord hath not spoken. For though ' the people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and the needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully ;' yet when God has sought for men among... | |
 | William Henry Brisbane - Slavery - 1847 - 236 pages
...violence and oppression ? Yes, it must be said of any slaveholding nation, as Ezekiel said of the Jews, " The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised...yea they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully." (Ezek. xxii. 29.) " Thus saith the Lord God : Let it suffice you, 0 princes of Israel, remove violence... | |
 | Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor - Liberty of conscience - 1847 - 200 pages
...vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, when the Lord hath not spoken. The people of the land have used oppression and exercised...yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And / sought for a man among them to make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land,... | |
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