 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows maybe their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! Q. 176. Witt Clod take vengeance on his adversaries... | |
 | William Cobbett - Conduct of life - 1823 - 308 pages
...cree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievous" ness which they have prescribed ; to turn aside the " needy from judgment, and to take away the right...widows may be their " prey, and that they may rob the fatherless." And how is this " woe " to show itself! In desolation, in degradation, in the most dreaded... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment . and to take away the right...widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless, Isa. x. 1,2. So Amos ; Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; 2 To turn aside m of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all...Israel," behold northward at the gate of the altar this fatherless ! 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come... | |
 | John McDowell - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 560 pages
...decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness, which they have prescribed ; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right...widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless ;" Is. x.»l, 2. In the prophecy of Amos we read, " Hear this O'ye that swallow up the needy,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1825 - 766 pages
...to turn aside from (their) righteous cause the poor, and to take away their right from the destitute of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may plunder the orphans. 3. What will ye do in the day of visitation, when devastation cometh from afar... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...decree unrighteous decrees, and lhat write grievousncss which they have prescribed ; a To turn aside ed rol) the fatherless ! to 3 Ami what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation tchicfi... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...grievousness which they have prescribed ; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take 1 *• 1 away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and tJuit they may rob the fatherless ! Ac 742. 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they haVe prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right...widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless ! See on MAT. xxiii. 14. z 1 THES. ii. 5 : For neither at any time used we flattering words,... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1828 - 304 pages
...end are these decrees ] Why this writing of grievousness'! " To turn aside the needy from judg" ment, and to take away the right from the poor of my " people,...widows may be their prey, and that they " may rob the fatherless." This is the end of such unjust laws; ana, indeed, it is the great end of all oppression... | |
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For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still : woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from... 
