Religion

Isaiah 1:2: Hear, heaven and earth, your God's appeal

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

Hear, heaven and earth, your God's appeal,
(Jehovah to His creature cries,)
Angels and men, My justice tell,
When all My storms of vengeance rise
To plague a vile rebellious race.
Apostates from My richest grace.
Song of Solomon viii. 5 — Isaiah i. S, 6. 3G9

Children I have nursed up and bred,
Mark'd with the new, the Christian name,
But lo! the base degenerate seed
Impatient to divulge their shame,
Their foul ingratitude to prove.
Have spurn'd the bowels of My love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 1:2: Hear, heaven and earth, your God's appeal.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3371/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 1:2: Hear, heaven and earth, your God's appeal.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3371/.

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