 | 1833 - 742 pages
...be cheerful, for the life of me. These things cannot come to good. Woe unto them, says the prophet, woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. We must not however run away with the matter, and suppose that all the great lords arc covetous and... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgements. ^ f 22 Wo unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. 23 Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. ^ f 24 Wo unto... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1833 - 896 pages
...ears, arouse our deadened understanding, and send us in a hasty flight from the wrath to come. — " Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there he no place, that they may he placed alone in the midst of the earth !" If we have loved " to eat and... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Dissenters, Religious - 1833 - 702 pages
...oblige every sheaf to bow to theirs, will command the territories and treasures of all their neighbours, and the worthy receivers are not after a corporeal and ;" it is necessary to the public safety, and is for the honour of God, as King of nations, that a check... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1834 - 384 pages
...be innocent. He hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. Isa. v. 8. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth, ilic.ni. 1. xvi. 4. The oppressors arc consumed out of the land. xxx. 12, 13. Because ye trust in oppression... | |
 | Philip Miller - 1834 - 250 pages
...inerease, that a curse was uttered against this engrossment. " Woe unto them," says the prophet, " that join house to house, that lay field to field,...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth" (Isaiah v. 8). II. THE AGRICULTURE OF THE GREEKS. I. Ancient implement, from a tom6-stone at Athens.... | |
 | William Cobbett - Labor movement - 1834 - 142 pages
...ISAIAH, 5th chap, and 8th verse, we have these words. " Woe unto them that "join house to house, and lay field to field, " till there be no place, that...may be " placed alone in the midst of the earth." In the prophet AMOS, after describing the punishment due to the crimes of the community, the text proceeds... | |
 | 1837 - 830 pages
...mouth of his prophet, enumerated their provocations severally as follows: 1st. Coretotisness — " Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, * * that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. * * Of « truth, many houses shall be... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - Christian sociology - 1835 - 748 pages
...and houses and take them away ; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.' ' Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!' ' Woe unto you that are rich ! for ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for... | |
 | 1835 - 1176 pages
...behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. 8. Wo unto them that join house to Ixnise, zOZ a1 ] J H t N ^ } W ړN͟ ^N r 8^ 9. In mine ears, said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth, many houses shall be desolate, even great and... | |
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