 | 1811 - 548 pages
...and good; evil ; that put darkness for liglit, and light for darkness. Which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him : therefore their root shall be rottennesi, and their blossom shall go up as dust.'1 — Isaiah, chap. v. 25. This... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...drink ; -who drink a great deal without being disordered, and boast (¡fit as an Si accumjiUshmcnt : Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him, by condemn24 ing and fiunisliing him ! Therefore as the fire devourcth the stubble, and the flame consunieth... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...sight ! 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink : 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him ! 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...from their profession. They have received the truth, but not in the love of it : hence " their rdot shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust." The house that is built upon the sand may •land for a time, but sooner or later it must fall. He... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 456 pages
...darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that fut bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !•?-> 'Their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust ; because they have fast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, find despised the word of the Holy One of Israel *. • Isaiah,... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 454 pages
...darkness for light ) and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter I— fheir root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust ; because they haw fast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One (/ fsrael *. ~i t»I... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...sight ! 22 Woe unto/A«H that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink ; 23 , ! 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaft; no their root... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...not spoiled ; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee. (o) Wo unto them which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. (./) Prov. »i. 15. (*) Prov. »i. 3. (/)E»ek. 18. 5, 7, 8, 9. (#) Zech. 7. 10 (i) Prov. 3. '19. (;)... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...sight ! 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink : 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him ! 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1815 - 436 pages
...who are powerful to drink wine : And men of might to mingle strong drink : 23 Who justify the guilty for reward, And take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire licketh up the stubble, And as the flame dissolveth the chaflf ;... | |
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Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:... 
