 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.  The Works ... - Page 135by William Smith - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Rodger - Scottish literature - 1842 - 236 pages
...of Ahab and of Jezebel is before them. Let them read and meditate upon the words of the prophet — 'Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voices to be heard on high. Is it such a fast as... | |
 | General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America - Chants - 1842 - 408 pages
...[Is. Iviii. 3.] 1. Behold ! in the day of your | fast ye find pleasure, And ex\act all your labors. 2. Behold ! ye fast for | strife and debate, And to | smite with the fist of wickedness. 3. Wilt thou call | this a fast, And an ac|ceptable day to JEHOVAH? 4. Is not this the fast that |... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast... | |
 | American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...I will hide mine eyes from you ; Yea, when ye make many prayers I will not hear."— 1 : 18, 14.' " Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, And to smite with the fist of wickedness: Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? A clay for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Sermons, English - 1844 - 608 pages
...takest no knowledge ? — Behold in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - Christian life - 1844 - 350 pages
...takest no knowledge ? Behold in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold ye fast, for strife, and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast as I... | |
 | 1844 - 558 pages
...rebellion, and hatred that are going on in that country, I cannot help thinking of the prophet's words — " Behold ye fast for strife, and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness." (Isaiah Iviii. 4.) Mr. Mathew's religion is idolatry; it only defiles the heart instead of changing... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Theology - 1844 - 778 pages
...wicked spirit, or than the devil himself, can without slander be conceived to be ? Isaiah Iviii. 4: Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. CHAP. XL. A Paraphrase... | |
 | Richard Baxter, Leonard Bacon - 1844 - 614 pages
...Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not? Have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge ? Ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Ye shall not fast as this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1844 - 662 pages
...and the house of Jacob their sins." After this, the people are severely reproved for their hypocrisy: "Ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness ;" and then they are exhorted to cease from their oppressions, "to undo the heavy burdens, and to let... | |
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