Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! Self Culture - Page 8801895Full view - About this book
| Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 pages
...kingdom of Christ. And how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God. 3 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. 4 Woe to him that coveteth,that he may set his nest on high ; that he may be delivered from the power... | |
| 1833 - 742 pages
...be cheerful, for the life of me. These things cannot come to good. Woe unto them, says the prophet, woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. We must not however run away with the matter, and suppose that all the great lords arc covetous and... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgements. ^ f 22 Wo unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. 23 Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. ^ f 24 Wo unto... | |
| 1833 - 896 pages
...ears, arouse our deadened understanding, and send us in a hasty flight from the wrath to come. — " Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there he no place, that they may he placed alone in the midst of the earth !" If we have loved " to eat and... | |
| Robert Hall - 1833 - 504 pages
...frequently stigmatized in Scripture as an unequivocal symptom of impiety. Wo unto them, says Isaiah, that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink; that contmue until night till wine inflame them! and the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1833 - 702 pages
...oblige every sheaf to bow to theirs, will command the territories and treasures of all their neighbours, and the worthy receivers are not after a corporeal and ;" it is necessary to the public safety, and is for the honour of God, as King of nations, that a check... | |
| William Cogswell - 1833 - 368 pages
...give more for an article, than he would, when free from liquor, and in his sober moments. "Those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, and continue until wine inflame them," should be faithfully warned of their danger". The plan of taking... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 2003 - 464 pages
...which they considered themselves the special defenders. They read in what they call the Word of God, "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth;" yet this is what they are constantly striving for, not by purchase only, but by robbery. Again they... | |
| Lester V. Berrey - 2002 - 276 pages
...saving the beholding of them with their eyes? —ECCL. 5:10, 11 Woe unto them that join house to bouse, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! — ISA. 5:8 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot... | |
| Emil Brunner - 2002 - 260 pages
...check upon land speculators. Cf. the reference to unrestrained acquisition of land in Isa. v. 8: "Wo unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place where they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!" 53. An instructive general view of the changes... | |
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