 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?  Scribner's Magazine - Page 148edited by - 1917Full view - About this book
 | William Dodd - English essays - 1764 - 330 pages
...acceptable Faft,—to loofe the bands of wickednefs ; to undo the heavy burdens; to let the afflifled go free ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry ? To bring the poor to thy houfe i And when thou feeft the naked, to cover him ? This is the Faft,... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Christian life - 1771 - 364 pages
...ha°ve chojen ? to Icofe the Bands of H-idieJne/s, to undo the heavy Burdens, and to let the. offreJJ'ed go free. — — Is it not to deal thy Bread to the hungry? — When thou Jeejl the -naked, that thou cower him, &C. Thefe are plain Ocfcriptions cf that Repentance... | |
 | James Hare - God - 1809 - 474 pages
...this the fast I have chosen? to ** loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the ** heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go '* free? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hun•" gry, and that thou bring the poor that are " cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the **... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1828 - 408 pages
...are constantly doing! ! The same rule is enjoined in religious fasting as well as feasting. " Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...are constantly doing ! ! The same rule is enjoined in religious fasting as well as feasting. " Is not this the fast that I have chosen — to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke 1 Is it not... | |
 | James A. Thome, Joseph Horace Kimball - Antigua - 1839 - 422 pages
...such an occasion, where were many hundreds of emancipated slaves, of words like these :—' Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo 1he heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke V The sermon... | |
 | 1868 - 300 pages
...ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day (or 'service') to the Lord? Is not this the fast that I have chosen — to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Is. 58. 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Sermons, English - 1844 - 608 pages
...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 chosen ? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not... | |
 | National fast - 1847 - 204 pages
...sackcloth and ashes under him ? Will thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bonds of those whom you have iniquitously enslaved or imprisoned, to undo the heavy burdens, and to moderate... | |
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