Song Of The Sword

All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!

then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst. — read the full passage →

Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero--My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.

The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst. — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.

And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword--not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.

Lo, his couch, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones <FI>are<Fi> around it, Of the mighty of Israel,

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' — read the full passage →

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

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! — read the full passage →

For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow, — read the full passage →

Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name.

To the Overseer. --`Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt--twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us--hadst been angry! --Thou dost turn back to us. — read the full passage →

And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him.

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

and we, being of the day--let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet--a hope of salvation,

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

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 →

And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance <FI>for<Fi> clothing, And is covered, as <FI>with<Fi> an upper-robe, <FI>with<Fi> zeal.

And Lamech saith to his wives: --`Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear <FI>to<Fi> my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt;

And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain <FI>is<Fi> Naamah.

and the name of his brother <FI>is<Fi> Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ.

And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;

And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;

when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee--a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

and now, cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where <FI>is<Fi> Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper--I?'

Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,

And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they <FI>are<Fi> naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.