Such had been their habitual doings. He says they had done all this as one continuous act, up to that time. They were habitually devisers of iniqui…

I devise an evil. —Just as they devise evil against their brothers, so I am devising an evil against them: they will bow …

The Prophet now shows that the avaricious were elevated in vain by their frauds and rapacity, because their hope would be disappointed; for God in …

Therefore thus says the Lord, behold, against this family do I devise an evil Because of those evils of covetousness, opp…

Woe to the people who devise evil during the night, and rise early to carry it into execution! It is bad to commit mischief on a sudden impulse, mu…