 | Richard Graves - Bible - 1850 - 552 pages
...prophet Isaiah, with such superior beauty and energy : " Is not this the " fast tnat I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to " undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that " ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, ' and that thou bring the poor... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 784 pages
...feather in the scale of the grand moralities of the Bible. ' Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ?' Dr: Smyth tells us that ' the degradation of the black races is the result... | |
 | James Taylor (of Bakewell.) - Economics - 1852 - 96 pages
...they could "bow down their " head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes '• under them," but " to loose the bands of wickedness " — to undo the heavy burdens — to let the oppressed " go free — to break every yoke — to deal their bread to " the hungry," etc., according to the SPIRIT of... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Sabbath - 1853 - 152 pages
...that in the day of their fast they found pleasure, and exacted all their labours ; that their duty was to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy...let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke. Then, it is said, will their light break forth as the morning, and their health will spring forth speedily,... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1853 - 200 pages
...thy God, if thy worship be for strife and debate. Behold the sacrifice that I have chosen ; is it not to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? To deal thy bread to the hungry, and to bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house ?" And Aram... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854 - 442 pages
...overturning produced by enemies. So in Isa. Iviii. 6, seq. : Is not this the fast that I approve : To loose the bands of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To free the oppressed, And to break asunder every yoke ? Js it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, And... | |
 | 1855 - 590 pages
...nations will over« rule it for good — to promote the civil and religious liberties of mankind — to loose the bands of wickedness — to undo the heavy...burdens — to let the oppressed go free — and to remove every obstacle which prevents the free circulation of the Bible, and the preaching of the Gospel,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Religion - 1855 - 400 pages
...just such an instance in the book of Isaiah, ch. Iviii. 6 : "Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ?" The question now is, to whom would this be understood as referring ? Who... | |
 | Sunday - 1856 - 556 pages
...this chapter is quite a different matter. The Prophet tells us that the fast which God requires is, " To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy...burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and to break off every yoke; to deal our bread to the hungry, to bring the poor that are cast out to our house,... | |
 | Christian - Church attendance - 1856 - 558 pages
...this chapter is quite a different matter. The Prophet tells us that the fast which God requires is, " To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy...burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and to break off every yoke; to deal our bread to the hungry, to bring the poor that are cast out to our house,... | |
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 
