 | 1844 - 524 pages
...priestly office preserved its possessors from error, we read — fearful antitype of Romish crime — " 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? " How small was the number,... | |
 | Elijah Woolsey, George Coles - 1845 - 180 pages
...with us as with the Israelites of old, when God, by the word of Jeremiah, complained of them thus:—" The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so." How cutting was the sarcasm, and how just was the rebuke, which... | |
 | William Simcox Bricknell - 1845 - 776 pages
...external form for the interior principle, the fulfilment of the ordinance for the devotion of the heart. " 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 ?"§ The whole system is... | |
 | 1845 - 1174 pages
...either become infidels or superstitiously and fanatically attached to forms. It is as it was of old. " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so." Ah, yes ! and well might the prophet add, " and what will ye do... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...anywhere through the infidelity of her sons. " 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 ?" Were the differences... | |
 | 1879 - 1156 pages
...complaint was neverso ceaselessly reiterated as among English Liberals during the past twelve months — ' The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and the people love to have it so.' In this last melancholy confession there is a sharp sting. ' The... | |
 | 1879 - 1154 pages
...complaint was never so ceaselessly reiterated as among English Liberals during the past twelve months — ' The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and the people love to have it so.' In this last melancholy confession there is a sharp sting. ' The... | |
 | Fritz R. Stern - 1974 - 402 pages
...the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper) . ® To My Parents 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? JEREMIAH V, 31 Contents Preface... | |
 | Robert H. Abzug - 1982 - 385 pages
...compared Phillips's words to those of the Hebrew sage of old: "A horrible thing is committed in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and the people love it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?" Theodore, speaking to an America... | |
 | Francis A. Schaeffer - 1994 - 448 pages
...taking the social consensus of their day and speaking as though that was the Word of God. In verse 31, "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 of it all?" What of these priests?... | |
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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). 
