 | 1827 - 470 sider
...vengeance of the Almighty ! for we are expressly required even in that very remonstrance of Isaiah to " undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free." Let us also remember the remarkable testimony of the ancient bishops of Ireland, at the council of... | |
 | Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1828 - 262 sider
...it," says God by his prophet Isaiah, " such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and...Lord ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to looge the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart), Henry Clissold - 1828 - 196 sider
...your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and...call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? /* not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose y " Yet," &c. The pretences of those who rely... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 sider
...fingers with iniquity ; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath mutto afflict his soul? is it to '2 1 6 7s not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,... | |
 | John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 620 sider
...act of equity and mercy, but especially of giving alms ; and introduces God himself saying, ' Is not this the fast, that I have chosen ? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burthens, to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 sider
...soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen. to loose the bands of wickedness," &c. Let us never imagine that acceptable religion consists in mere outward exercises ; nor let us ever... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 sider
...Isa. li. 7. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? &c. to bow down his head as a bullrush, &c. Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness? — Isa. Iviii. 5, 6. From the prophet unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely : for they have healed... | |
 | Yolanda Y. Hallmon - 2005 - 78 sider
...go, and break all manner of evil in our lives. Isaiah 58:6 states correct reasons to fast: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands...oppressed, go free, and that ye break every yoke? " Fast Day Proclamations in the United States The earliest known fast day proclamation was in Boston,... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant - 2005 - 609 sider
...soul ? is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands...the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? " And when the gentle Hezekiah died he poured forth his tribute of lamentation : — not to mourn... | |
 | Iris Lynn Russell - 2005 - 473 sider
...treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." LUKE 12:16-21 Is not this the fast that I, Jehovah God, have chosen? To loose the bands of •wickedness,...free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see... | |
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Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD ? Is not this the fast that... 
