...declaration of Micah, that the Jews, in their extremity, notwithstanding their crimes, would presumptuously " lean upon the Lord and say, ' Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon ws'*." • Meanwhile the horrors of famine grew still more melancholy and afflictive. The Jews, for...

...judge for reward ; and the people thereof judge for hire ; and the prophets thereof divine for money t yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ? Were the first minister to appoint a preacher before the House of Commons, would not he be wise to...

...strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Micah Hi. 11. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests...say. Is not the Lord among us ? none evil can come Bpon us. Deut. xxix. 19. And it come lu pass when he heareth the words of this curse, that be bless...

...The prophet Micah, complaining of the universal corruption of manners in Zion and Jerusalem, says, " the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets...lean upon the Lord and say, is not the- Lord among us ? no evil can come upon us." Nehemiah asserted, as we have already noted, that a false prophet had...

...haveishewed difference between the unclean and the clean." By Mi':ah he says of the house of Israel, "the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests...hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money." By Zrpheniah he says of the oppressing city, "she obeyed not the voice, she received not correction:...

...courtiers and court-serving men. " The heads of the land judge for reward, and the people thereof judge for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money;...upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us?" Were the first minister to point out a preacher before the house of commons,* would not he be wise...

...courtiers and court-serving men. " The heads of the land judge for reward, and the people thereof judge for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money...lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us ?" Were the first minister to point out a preacher before the house of commons,* would not he be wise...

...the exaction : ** The heads thereof (speaking of the home of * 1 Cor. vi. 6. f Luke xi. 46. "Jacob) judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for...hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money."* But I will not conceal that even the lawyers of our own times, in this Christian state, are not altogether...

...judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 1 1 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests...teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for znoney : yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon...

...mouth, 18 Id. of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know judgement ?—They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity! The heads thereof judge for a reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will...