| Thomas Charlton Henry - 1833 - 334 Seiten
...message which he sent by his prophet Isaiah, he asks of those who had fallen into this mistake — " Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to how down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a... | |
| William Parr Greswell - 1834 - 250 Seiten
...18. cently directed the reader's attention—he expresses himself in another passage as follows: " Is it " such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for...bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes " under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an " acceptable day to the Lord ? /* not this the " fast that I have... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 598 Seiten
...and commanding to abstain from meat." ' Then, so far we agree ; for look here, what Isaiah says, " 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 like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thon call this a fast, and an acceptable... | |
| Luke Howard - 1834 - 410 Seiten
...fast as ye do this day, [if ye desire] to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such afast as I have chosen : a day for a man to afflict his soul, to bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and strew ashes ? Wilt thou call this a fast,... | |
| John Wesley - 1836 - 550 Seiten
...outward act will receive any blessing from God. " Is it such a fast that I have chosen, saith the Lord ; a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow...bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him 1" Are these outward acts, however strictly performed, all that is meant by a man's " afflicting his... | |
| George Fox - 1836 - 578 Seiten
...this day, to make your voice heard on high. Is it such a fast, that I have chosen, saith the Lord, a day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sack-cloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable... | |
| Calvin Colton - 1836 - 310 Seiten
...and other excessive devotions of Papists— are being very religious. But it is not true religion. " Is it such a fast that I have chosen ?—a day for a man to afflict (torture) his soul ? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1836 - 458 Seiten
...such a fast that I have chosen, that a man should afflict his soul for a day? Is it to bow down the head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt tiiou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Isa. lviii. 5. And what says God of... | |
| 1837 - 486 Seiten
...fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast, that I have chosen ? A day for...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 I have... | |
| 1837 - 324 Seiten
...the fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? A day for 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 I have... | |
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