 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...faith, scarce thirty years old : to whom that saying of Isaiah does very well agree — ' Woe nnto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter' (v. 20). CHAPTER XIV. OF REPENTANCE, AND THE CONVERSION OF... | |
 | 1611 - 360 pages
...may see it: And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, That we may know it! Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;...darkness for light, and light for darkness ; That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, And prudent... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...foot from their path : for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood ' (Prov. i. 10-16). Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent... | |
 | 1808 - 500 pages
...the work of corruption more secretly, but more certainly : bul hear the words of the prophel — " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, anj sweet for bitter." (Isaiah v. 20.) " Of the same nature with indecent conversation... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - Sermons, English - 1802 - 490 pages
...Why will ye die ? / SERMON XVII. On the Guilt of eftablifhing unfcriptural Principles of Conduct. : iSAiAH, v. 20. Woe unto them that call Evil Good, and Good Evil ; that put Darknefs for Light , and Light for Darknefs ; that put Bitter for Sweet, and Sweet for Bitter !... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 pages
...virtue, that it shall assume the garb of vice, or folly. But " woe urito them (says the holy prophet) that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness." " Let me appeal to your experience and knowledge of the world. Have you not sometimes... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...filings are all bugbears, and that God can20 not or will not do а.ч they have said. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for -light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! who confound the nature qf virtue and vice, contrary to their... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...threatening* are all bugbears, and that God can20 not or will not do as they have said. Wo un^Q the ra that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for d.irkness j that put bitter for sweet, and iWtyt.for bitter \ •who coijfaund the nature of virtue... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 454 pages
...to them from it. The prophet Isaiah speaks of these people, where he says, ' Woe unto them who call evil good, ' and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and ' light for darkness, &c.' In his sermon on which text the witty Dr. South hath these words : — * Df' traction... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...it : and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know // .' 20 ^f Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent... | |
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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter... 
