...evil." Isaiah says of Israel : " This is a rebellioqs people, which will not hear the law of the Lord ; which say to the seers, see not ; and to the prophets,...unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things." Jeremiah says : " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the people love to have it so.' It is knotvn to...

...1 . False teachers are men-pleasers. They preach more to please the ear, than to profit the heart. Which say to the seers, See not ; and to the prophets,...; speak unto us smooth things ; prophesy deceits, Isa. xxx. 10. A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy falsely...

...a trifle, or through corruption court it as consonant to their own duplicity of heart? When ' they say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy...things; speak unto us smooth things; prophesy deceits ?' When the deceived, and the deceiver, so vaunt themselves to belong to God, as if they thought he...

...the prophets, prophecy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophecy deceits: get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us." But although he knew that a revolted world would hate his gospel, he does not allow his ambassadors...

...application so caustic ; and therefore we say to our teachers, as the Israelites did to Isaiah and the other prophets, 'Prophesy not [unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things; prophesy deceits.' But what saith God to that prophet, in reference to this very people? ' Cry aloud, spare not; lift...

...application so caustic; and therefore we say to our teachers, as the Israelites did to Isaiah and the other prophets, ' Prophesy not ^unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things; prophesy deceit?.' But what saith God to that prophet, in reference to this very people? ' Cry aloud, spare...

...people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD : 10. Which say to the seers (s\ See not ;" and to the prophets, "Prophesy not unto us right things .0, speak mito из smooth things, prophesy deceits : 11. Get you out of the way (p\ turn aside out...

...in obeying the commandments of the LORD ; but they did not so, Judg. ii. -17. Get you out of the I way, turn aside out of the path, cause : the Holy One of Israel to cease from ! before us, Isa, xxx. 11. d For the law maketh men High Priests which have infirmity ; but tne j word of the oath,...

...to God, " Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways." "They say to the seers, Sec not ; and to the prophets, prophesy not unto us right...; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits." They love darkness rather than light ; and their way is as darkness, they know not at what they stumble....

...This is a rebellious people, that will not hear the law of the Lord: which say to the seers, See net: and to the prophets Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits*. But however apt we are to think otherwise, both our business and our interest is, not to shut our eyes...