Watcher

`I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down.

by the decree of the sifters <FI>is<Fi> the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.

and that which the king hath seen--a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field <FI>is<Fi> his portion, till that seven times pass over him.

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter; — read the full passage →

`And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one saith to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: Till when <FI>is<Fi> the vision of the continual <FI>sacrifice<Fi> , and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make both sanctuary and host a treading down? — read the full passage →

Because thou hast seen iron mixed with miry clay, they are mixing themselves with the seed of men: and they are not adhering one with another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

and as the days of Noah--so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

`And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book. — read the full passage →

A Song, --A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God. — read the full passage →

`And the head of the kingdom of Persia is standing over-against me twenty and one days, and lo, Michael, first of the chief heads, hath come in to help me, and I have remained there near the kings of Persia; — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

`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 →

And when he openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour, — read the full passage →

`Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;

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

And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →

`For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon--seventy years--I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter; — read the full passage →

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that <FI>is<Fi> above every name, — read the full passage →

`And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing <FI>is<Fi> for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him; — read the full passage →

and I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth,

And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God--

`This dream I have seen, I king Nebuchadnezzar; and thou, O Belteshazzar, the interpretation tell, because that all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to cause me to know the interpretation, and thou <FI>art<Fi> able, for the spirit of the holy gods <FI>is<Fi> in thee.

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →