Marduk

`Declare ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.

In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword--the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan--a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan--a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that <FI>is<Fi> in the sea.

And the coast hath been for the remnant of the house of Judah, By them they have pleasure, In houses of Ashkelon at even they lie down, For inspect them doth Jehovah their God, And He hath turned back <FI>to<Fi> their captivity.

`In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision hath appeared unto me--I Daniel--after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning.

and the Lord giveth into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he bringeth them in <FI>to<Fi> the land of Shinar, <FI>to<Fi> the house of his god, and the vessels he hath brought in <FI>to<Fi> the treasure-house of his god.

And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed--from his mouth, And flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.

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 →

In His preparing the heavens I <FI>am<Fi> there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture. — read the full passage →

His honour <FI>is<Fi> a firstling of his ox, And his horns <FI>are<Fi> horns of a reem; By them peoples he doth push together To the ends of earth; And they <FI>are<Fi> the myriads of Ephraim, And they <FI>are<Fi> the thousands of Manasseh.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

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.

And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,

At their face trembled hath the earth, Shaken have the heavens, Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing is revealed to Daniel, whose name is called Belteshazzar, and the thing <FI>is<Fi> true, and the warfare <FI>is<Fi> great: and he hath understood the thing, and hath understanding about the appearance.

In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

`In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision hath appeared unto me--I Daniel--after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning. — read the full passage →

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, dreamed hath Nebuchadnezzar dreams, and his spirit doth move itself, and his sleep hath been against him; — read the full passage →

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and layeth siege against it;

For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

and when we are making perfume to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out to her libations--without our husbands have we made for her cakes to idolize her, and to pour out to her libations?'

The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger.

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as <FI>in<Fi> days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon!

Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: `I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth--who <FI>is<Fi> with Me?

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine.

Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.

And come down have reems with them, And bullocks with bulls, And soaked hath been their land from blood, And their dust from fatness is made fat.

Yea, Egyptians <FI>are<Fi> vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: `Their strength <FI>is<Fi> to sit still.'

And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides--there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour <FI>Are<Fi> the shame of the house of thy lord.

How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations.

And He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth.

In the year of the death of king Uzziah--I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. — read the full passage →

Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice? — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.

Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.

For a thousand years in Thine eyes <FI>are<Fi> as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This <FI>one<Fi> was born there.

--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. — read the full passage →

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I--I have pondered its pillars. Selah.

Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai--before God, the God of Israel.

Sing ye to God--praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah <FI>is<Fi> His name, and exult before Him.

By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems,

Save me from the mouth of a lion: --And--from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down--his tongue? — read the full passage →

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down--his tongue?

Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire. — read the full passage →

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow <FI>with<Fi> his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding. — read the full passage →

By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

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

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

`Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, and at such a time: — read the full passage →

And prophesied have the prophets, (Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo) unto the Jews who <FI>are<Fi> in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel--unto them.

then ceased the service of the house of God that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem, and it ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus: — read the full passage →

And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah, God of Israel, — read the full passage →

And in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of Jehovah.

And these <FI>are<Fi> sons of the province who are going up--of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city-- — read the full passage →

yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, — read the full passage →

Be pained before Him, all the earth:

also Malchiram and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause <FI>them<Fi> to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera.

God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And <FI>with<Fi> his arrows he smiteth,

God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

He saith also, `Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;'

and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet <FI>is<Fi> as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

And the man saith, `They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,' and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan.

and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.

And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.' — read the full passage →

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth, — read the full passage →

And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.

And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, — read the full passage →

And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.

Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

And sons of Javan <FI>are<Fi> Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which <FI>are<Fi> with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,