The
not so lost tribes of Israel
For then will I
turn to the people a pure language,
that they may all call upon the name
of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.
***
And how hear
we every man in our own tongue, wherein we
were born?
1. Parthians, . . .An ancient country of southwest
Asia corresponding to modern northeast Iran. It was included in the Assyrian
and Persian empires, the Macedonian empire of Alexander the Great, and the
Syrian empire. A Parthian kingdom lasted from c. 250 B.C. to A.D. 226, reaching
the height of its influence and land holdings at the beginning of the first
century B.C. Its people, of Scythian stock, were noted as horsemen and archers.
2. and Medes, . . .A member of an Iranian people, closely related to the Persians, inhabiting ancient
Media.
3. and Elamites, . . .An ancient country of southwest Asia in present-day southwest Iran. It was established east
of the Tigris River before 3000 B.C.
and was known for its warlike people, traditionally thought to be descended from Noah's son Shem.
4. and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, . . .An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq. Probably settled before 5000 B.C., the area was the home of numerous early
civilizations, including Sumer,
Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. It declined in importance
after Mongol invaders destroyed its extensive irrigation system in A.D. 1258.
***
The
birthright sold,
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And
Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this
birthright do to me?
And Jacob said, Swear
to me this day; and he sware unto
him: and he sold his birthright unto
Jacob.
Then Jacob gave
Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink,
and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
***
Birthright
sold, almost
And they sat
down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a
company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery
and balm and myrrh, going to carry it
down to Egypt.
And Judah
said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our
brother
and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
***
However
Then there
passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the
pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they
brought Joseph into Egypt.
****
5. and Cappadocia,
. . .An ancient region of Asia Minor in present-day east-central Turkey.
Heart of a Hittite state and later a Persian satrapy, it was annexed
by the Romans in A.D.
6. in Pontus, . . .An ancient country of northeast Asia
Minor along the southern coast of
the Black Sea. Established in the fourth century B.C., it flourished under
Mithridates VI until his defeat by Pompey of Rome in 66.
7. and Asia,
. . .The world's largest continent.
It occupies the eastern part of the Eurasian
landmass and its adjacent islands
and is separated from Europe by the Ural Mountains.
8. Phrygia, and Pamphylia, . . .An ancient region of central
Asia Minor in modern-day central
Turkey. It was settled c. 1200 B.C. and flourished from the eighth to the
sixth century, after which it came under the influence of Lydia, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium.
***
And a river went
out of Eden to water the garden;
and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel:
that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
***
Ephraim, he
hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Strangers have devoured his strength,
and he knoweth it not: yea,
gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
***
Israel
is
swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now
will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Because Ephraim
hath made many altars to sin, altars
shall be unto him to sin.
***
And the Lord
shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it
no
more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and
bondwomen, and no man
shall
buy you.
***
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy
seed shall be a stranger in a land
that is not theirs, and shall serve
them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation,
whom they shall serve, will I judge:
and afterward shall they comeout with great substance. . . . But in the fourth generation
they shall come hither again:
***
9. in Egypt, . . .Ephraim also is like a silly
dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the
heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have
transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have
spoken lies against me. And they have not cried unto
me with their heart, when they
howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel
against me.
Though
I
have bound and strengthened their arms,
yet do they imagine mischief against
me. They return, but not to the most
High: they are like a deceitful bow:
their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
***
10. and in the parts
of Libya . . . A country of northern
Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
It achieved independence in 1951 and became an important oil producer during
the 1960's. Libya has been ruled by Muammar al-Qaddafi since 1969. Tripoli is the capital and the
largest city. Population, 3,096,000.
11. about Cyrene,.
. . An ancient region of northeast Libya
bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. It was colonized
by the Greeks in the seventh century
B.C. and became a Roman province in the first century
B.C.
and strangers
of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues
the wonderful works of God.
And they were all
amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others
mocking said, These men are full of new
wine.
Samuel
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