East From West

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, And from the land of the going in, of the sun,

Be not afraid, for I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee.

I--I <FI>am<Fi> He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,

And the honour of Jehovah goeth up from off the midst of the city, and standeth on the mountain, that <FI>is<Fi> on the east of the city.

He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.

And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun--His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.

And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou <FI>art<Fi> , northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

And they do not teach any more Each his neighbour, and each his brother, Saying, Know ye Jehovah, For they all know Me, from their least unto their greatest, An affirmation of Jehovah; For I pardon their iniquity, And of their sin I make mention no more.

and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,

For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.

And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

I have blotted out, as <FI>by<Fi> a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as <FI>by<Fi> a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods--Jehovah--hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;

yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

And David saith unto Nathan, `I have sinned against Jehovah.' And Nathan saith unto David, `Also--Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die;

So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, and there is none else,

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

`Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here <FI>is<Fi> the Christ! or here! ye may not believe; — read the full passage →

And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

And stood have His feet, in that day, On the mount of Olives, That <FI>is<Fi> before Jerusalem eastward, And cleft hath been the mount of Olives at its midst, To the east, and to the west, a very great valley, And removed hath the half of the mount towards the north. And its half towards the south.

And lo, the honour of the God of Israel hath come from the way of the east, and His voice <FI>is<Fi> as the noise of many waters, and the earth hath shone from His honour.

Therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.

And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea.

For, as the height of the heavens <FI>is<Fi> above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us. — read the full passage →

Lo, forward I go--and He is not, And backward--and I perceive him not. — read the full passage →

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me--Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come--curse for me Jacob, And come--be indignant <FI>with<Fi> Israel.

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

And the sixth messenger did pour out his vial upon the great river, the Euphrates, and dried up was its water, that the way of the kings who are from the rising of the sun may be made ready;

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings-- — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

saying, `Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Go forth do living waters from Jerusalem, Half of them unto the eastern sea, And half of them unto the western sea, In summer and in winter it is.

As to the prince, on this side, and on that side, of the heave-offering of the holy place, and of the possession of the city, at the front of the heave-offering of the holy place, and at the front of the possession of the city, from the west corner westward, and from the east corner eastward--and the length <FI>is<Fi> over-against one of the portions from the west border unto the east border--

Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them <FI>are<Fi> blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one--together, A great assembly--they turn back hither.

Be not afraid, for I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee. — read the full passage →

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.

From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised <FI>is<Fi> the name of Jehovah.

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou--Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants <FI>are<Fi> as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

`Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here <FI>is<Fi> the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;

Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate <FI>us<Fi> into the reign of the Son of His love, — read the full passage →

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

And he spake also a simile unto them--`No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that <FI>is<Fi> from the new. — read the full passage →

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what <FI>is<Fi> the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice--ye had not condemned the blameless,

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him, — read the full passage →

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

For lo, the stone that I put before Joshua, On one stone <FI>are<Fi> seven eyes, Lo, I am graving its graving, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have removed the iniquity of that land in one day.

The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.

And lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!

And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.

And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed <FI>it<Fi> , yea, I do it.

And he saith, `Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God? — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,

Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name.

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →