 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.  Proceedings - Page 287by Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Albert Badger - 1837 - 392 pages
...upon the face of the unransomed, unredeemed, and estranged world, and in the language of Ezekiel — " Sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before him for the land, that he should not destroy it, but he found none." He who created us at first in... | |
 | Adam Clarke - Bible - 1837 - 882 pages
...robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : yea, they hare oppressed the stranger * wrongfully. 30 f And nd carried them to Babylon h stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it : but I found none. 3 1 Therefore... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 600 pages
...a base flattery, have spoken plausible tidings to them, no less false than pleasing. XXII. 30. And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, &c. I sought for some faithful and innocent man amongst them, that might stand up, and intercede with... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - Bible - 1837 - 308 pages
...oppress the stranger, and have no justice. I have sought for a man among them, that should make a wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I 31 might not destroy it; but I found none. Therefore will I pour out my indignation upon them; I will... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 324 pages
...robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And 1 sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, anil stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore... | |
 | John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 710 pages
...remembering me of my covenant of mercy towards them, as though that should bind me. At other times, God sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before him for the land, that he might not destroy it, but he found none". Here Jeremy offers himself in the... | |
 | John Donne - 1839 - 640 pages
...remembering me of my covenant of mercy towards them, as though that should bind me. At other times, God sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before him for the land, that he might not destroy it, but he found none". Here Jeremy offers himself in the... | |
 | John Donne, Henry Alford - English poetry - 1839 - 630 pages
...remembering me of my covenant of mercy towards them, as though that should bind me. At other times, God sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in t/1e gap before him for the land, that he might not destroy it, but he found none**. Here Jeremy offers... | |
 | Stephen Charnock - God - 1840 - 628 pages
...wishes for some to stand in that gap to mollify his anger, that he might not strike the fatal blow : " I sought for a man among them that should make up...before me for the land, that I should not destroy it," Ezek. xxii. 30. He was desirous that his creatures might be in a capacity to receive the marks of his... | |
 | John Stevenson - 1842 - 136 pages
...hast been weary of me, O Israel. Put me in remembrance ; let us plead together," Isa. xliii. 22, 26. " I sought for a man among them, that should make up...land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none," Ezek. xxii. 30. " He saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor," Isa.... | |
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