 | Samuel Fuller - 1867 - 396 sider
...backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 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. Will... | |
 | 394 sider
...not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? 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... | |
 | James Haines McCulloh - 1867 - 430 sider
...have transgressed against me." Is. xliii. 27. "They that handle the law knew me not." Jerem. ii. 8. "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land, the prophets prophesy falsely," (ie they, teach falsities) "and the priests clap with their hands." (ie approve... | |
 | Church Association - 1867 - 546 sider
...slight alteration we can say—with bitterness and anguish of heart—as the prophet Jeremiah said—" A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means : and the bishopslove to have it so: and... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1868 - 380 sider
...whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have worshipped.' viii.1,2. ' 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... | |
 | 1868 - 986 sider
...sad complaint, by leaving her still more completely than ever under the control of her tormentors. "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... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 404 sider
...popular a flittering member. The more corrupt a congregation, the more acceptable a flattering preacher. "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by that means: and my people have it so." The worse men... | |
 | Robert Payne Smith - 1870 - 420 sider
...failed, what could you expect of the rest? Jeremiah tells us what was the natural and inevitable result : "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... | |
 | Thomas Murray Gorman - 1870 - 200 sider
...are, at present, in Anglican theology, numerous clear and unmistakeable signs of such a removal. " 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... | |
 | Lewis Tappan - 1870 - 444 sider
...and priests, smothered their convictions, thus bringing to mind the declaration of ancient times : " 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... | |
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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? 
