 For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still : woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from...  The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: 1843-1858 - Page 270by Abraham Lincoln - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Harvey Hill - 1858 - 292 pages
...terror to evildoers." They are, of course, then, permitted to reprove and punish. " But woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness, which they have prescribed." Isa. x. 1. " Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger. fatherless and widow. And all... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1860 - 548 pages
...ix. 1. S) ; the punishment, foreign invasion, ch. far. 8. 4. See Note on ch. ix. a. 1 Wo*1 unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and "that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away f Pi. II. • . 5 tothcicritmthat. \ the... | |
 | rev James Inglis - 1861 - 550 pages
...people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts. Isa. 10.1. Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2. To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1860 - 496 pages
...oppression especially, that many passages in the Prophets and the Psalms were written. "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that •write grievousness which they have prescribed, to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people," Isaiah,... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - 1861 - 1102 pages
...decrees, because they are influenced by the enemy of God and man. Therefore he saith : " Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed : To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1863 - 632 pages
...and Ephraim upon Manasseh, and both shall join in the quarrel against Judah, &c. X. 1. "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed."] — To begin with the governors : woe be to them who make unjust and bloody decrees against their inferiors,... | |
 | Internuncio (pseud.) - 1863 - 338 pages
...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." (Isaiah v. 20.) And again : " Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; to turn the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of the people, that widows... | |
 | John Bell Robinson - 1863 - 394 pages
...Bemember that man stealing is a great crime against God. Quotation 15th, Isa. x. 1, 2. " Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed, 2. To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away from the poor of my people, that widows... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1863 - 380 pages
...for remaining faithful to him. " Woe "—(said the Priests of Liege, in that letter)—"Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed 2 ! Pope Hildebrand was the first who hurled the sacerdotal spear against the diadem of Kings. He is... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1865 - 976 pages
...Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. X. Won unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that... | |
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