 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 568 pages
...them both together. By Jeremiah he says, " 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." By the same prophet he says again, that he would remove Jerusalem... | |
 | 1843 - 48 pages
...they stumble in judgment." Isa. xxviii. 7. " 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?" Jer. v. 30, 31. "Behold,... | |
 | Samuel Rutherford - 1843 - 324 pages
...; and so do they condemn non-resistance in wars, by consequence, when they cry out, (Jer. v. 31,) " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so." And when they complain (Ezek. xxii. 26 — 28), " That the prophets... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 200 pages
...WITH THK BELIGION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. " 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 ?" — Jer. v. 30, 31. "... | |
 | 1844 - 406 pages
...the rays of light affect his sensations. "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?" When the people ot God... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1844 - 768 pages
...refused to receive correction 8 ." Again, " 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 9 ." At another time, he expresses his perplexity at the disorder... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 pages
...trut and faithful ? Jer. 5. 30. A wonderful and horrible thing is comNumerous. mitted in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. Zee. 7. 11. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder,... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 638 pages
...God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon," &c. (Jer. xxviii. 1—17.) " 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?" (Jer. v. 31.) "Shall I count... | |
 | Protestant association - 1844 - 420 pages
...might more accurately be applied than in our days, and to this generation of men in the British empire: "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so." Never was the startling query that concludes the passage more appropriate... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 206 pages
...WITH THE BELIGION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. " 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?" — Jer. v. 30, 31. " In... | |
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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 (Jer.5:22-31). 
