 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
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still. « 1 CHAP. X. Wo unto them, to those Israelites, that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed, -who are guilty of injustice and oppression, of pas-iing unrighteous sentences, and those who put them... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...not the widow nor the fatherless, the stranger nor the poor. Job xxxi. 21. Isa. x. 1 . Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed. Ver. 2. To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people,'... | |
 | William Ettrick - 1810 - 524 pages
...or spiritual and political hierarchy, against which the divine war is denounced.—" Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that 'write grievousness which they have prescribed." — To say nothing here of the' pope's management of the decrees of general councils, or of his own... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - Christian life - 1810 - 342 pages
...self-seekers,' and the beam shall answer, 4 Woe ! to him because he built his house with blood.f 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 of the * Crassus, a very rich Roman,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...be put to death for the fathers: Every man shall be put to death for his own sin. (£) Wo 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, the widows, and... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. CHAP. X. 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... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...; they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto themf. Wo 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 people6. Therefore... | |
 | 1821 - 788 pages
...property, by inclosure bills, to which may be justly applied the words of holy writ : " 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. —... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...What said the prophet Isaiah of those who make unrighteous decrees? Isaiah, ~a, 1, 2. A. Wo 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... | |
 | William Cobbett - Conduct of life - 1823 - 308 pages
...which the prophet ISAIAH evidently had in his eye in the beginning of his 10th chapter. " Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and " that write grievousness which they have prescribed." And, to what end are these decrees ? , Why this writing of grievousness ! " To turn aside the needy... | |
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