...holy prophet, he closes his description with these remarkable words : And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...land, that I should not destroy it ; but I found none. Let us not deceive ourselves with vain words. The just displeasure of God, as it will by no means spare...

...the poor and needy ; yea they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me in the land, that I should not destroy it : but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation...

...needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully ;' yet when God has sought for men among us that should ' make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before him for the land that he should not destroy it,' he has found some precious ones that in the midst...

...poor and needy; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And / sought for a man among them to make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for...Therefore, have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath ; their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,...

...truth does God speak as to the dearth of such men among his old people ! " I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none." Not one man like Abraham, »ho could arm in defence of Lot. Not one (rap-man, who could supply the...

...guilt that brought them down? "I sought for a man among them," said He to whom all judgment pertains, "that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap...before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, and I found none." But it is not to national and temporal judgments, though they might be terrible...

...533, 534 When instituted— Enjoined. for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and Jtand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I II mini none. 31 Therefore, have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; I have consumed them with...

...the calamities of the Babylonish captivity. He says, [Ezek. xxii. 30, 31.] " I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...it ; but I found none. Therefore have I poured out my indignation upon them." The world is more indebted to the righteous than it is willing to acknowledge....

...prayer of a godly Christian is a strong hedge, as God himself says: " And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none." occxxxn. "When Moses, with the children of Israel, came to the Red Sea, then he cried with trembling...

...not one had been found to stand in the gap, and intercede for them. " And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before rne for the land, that I should not destroy it : but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine...