Monday, August 9, 2021

I Speak II




 thee

(the) pron. Used in the nominative as well as the objective case, especially by members of the Society of Friends.

American Heritage Dictionary

***********

 

But

 

put forth

thine hand

now,

 

 and

touch all

that he

hath,

**

 

And there

 

is

none

that calleth

upon

thy

name,

 

that stirreth

up

himself

to

take hold

of

thee:

 

for thou hast

hid

thy face

from

us,

**

 

Let us

make man

in

our image,

***

and hast

consumed

us,

 

because

of

our

 

inequities.

**

 

 and he

will curse

thee

 

to

thy face.

***

 

 

And he

said,

 

Who

told

thee

that

thou

wast

naked?

**

 

The name

of the

first is Pison:

**

 

And Isaac

loved

Esau,

 

because

he

did eat

of

his venison:

 

**

that isit

which

compasseth

 the

whole land

of

Havilah,

where

there

is gold;

 

**

but Rebekah loved Jacob

**

     And the gold

of

that land

is good:

 

there

is

bdellium

**

 

The enemy said,

 

I

will pursue,

 

I

will overtake,

 

I

will divide

the spoil;

 

my lust shall

be

satisfied

upon them;

 

I

will draw

my

sword,

 

my hand

shall destroy them.

**

 

As for

 

me,

 

behold,

 

my

covenant

is

with thee,

 

and thou

shalt

be a father

of

many nations.

 

 

Neither shall

thy

name

any more

be

called Abram,

 

but thy

name

shall

be

Abraham;

 

for a father

of

many nations

have

I

made

 

thee.

***

 

And the

Lord

appeared

unto him

in the

 plains

of

Mamre:

 

and he

satin  

the

tent door

in the heat

 of

the day;

    

And he

lift up

his eyes

 

 and looked,

and,

 

lo,

 

three men stood by him:

and when

he

saw them,

 

he ran

to

meet them

from

the

tent door,

and bowed

himself

toward the ground,

**

And he

said unto

him,

What is

thy

name?

 

And he

 said,

 

Jacob.

 

And he said,

 

Thy

name shall

be

called

no more

Jacob,

 

but Israel:

 

for as

a

prince

hast thou

 

power

 

with God

 

and with men,

 

and hast

prevailed.

 

And Jacob

asked

him,

 

and said,

 

Tell me,

 

I

pray thee,

 

thy name.

 

And he

said,

 

Wherefore

Isit

 

that thou

 

dost ask

 

after

my name?

***

 

Therefore

thus saith

the

Lord,

 

who

redeemed

*

Abram

*

Abraham,

 

concerning

the

house of Jacob,

**

 

By the

great force

of

my disease

 

is my

garment changed:

 

 it

bindeth

me

about

 

as

 

the

 

collar

of

 

my coat.

**

 

and

that it

was pleasant

to the

eyes,

 

and a tree

to

be desired

to

make

 

one

wise,

 

she

took

of

the fruit

thereof,

 

and did eat,

and gave

also

unto her

husband

***

 

He

hath cast

me

into the

mire,

 

and

I am

become

like

 

dust

and

ashes.

**

 

Jacob

shall not

now

be ashamed,

neither

shall his face

now

wax pale.

 

But when

he

seeth

his

children,

 the

work

of

mine hands,

 

in the

midst

of

him,

they

shall sanctify

 

my name,

 

and sanctify

the

Holy One

of

Jacob,

and shall

fear

the

 God of Israel.

 

They also

that erred

in spirit

shall come

to

understanding,

and they

that murmured

shall learn

doctrine.

 

Woe

to the

rebellious children,

 

saith the Lord,

 

that take counsel,

 

but not

of

me;

 

and that cover

with a covering,

 

but not

of

my spirit,

 

that they

may add

sin to sin:

 

**

And he blessed

him there.

 

And Jacob

called

the name

of the

place Peniel:

 

for I

 

have seen

God

face to face,

 

and my life

is

preserved.

 

And as

he

passed over Penuel

the

sun rose

upon

him,

 

and he

halted upon

his thigh.

**

 

In that day,

saith

the

Lord,

 

will

I

assemble

her

that halteth,

and

I

 

will

gather her

that is

driven out,

 

and her

that I

have afflicted;

 

And

I

 

will make

her

that halted

a

remnant,

 

and

her that

was cast

far off

a

strong nation:

 

and the

Lord

shall reign over

them

in

mount

Zion

from henceforth,

even

for

ever.

 

And thou,

O

tower

of the

flock,

 

the

strong hold

of

the

daughter

of

Zion,

unto

thee

shall it come,

even the

first dominion;

 

the

kingdom

shall come

to the

daughter of Jerusalem.

**

Therefore

the

children

of

Israel

 

eat not

of

 

the

sinew

which

shrank,

 

which

is

upon

the hollow

of the

thigh,

 

unto

this day:

**

 

Then

sang Moses

and the children

of

Israel

this song

unto

the

Lord,

**

 

And Jacob

rose up early

in

the

morning,

**

 

And God

saw every thing

that he

had made,

and,

behold,

it

was very good.

**

 

and

took the stone

 that

he

had put

for

his pillows,

**

 

and the

fruit tree

yielding fruit

after

his kind,

**

 

All in

whose nostrils

was

the breath

of life,

**

whose seed

isin

itself,

 upon the earth:

 

and it was so.

**

and set it up

for

a

pillar,

 

and poured oil upon

the

top of it.

 

And he

called the name

of

that place

Beth-el:

but the name

of

that city

was called

Luz

at the first.

**

This same

shall

comfort

 us

concerning

our work

and toil

of our hands,

because

of

the

ground

which

the

Lord hath cursed.

*

 

 

and spake,

 

saying,

I

will sing unto

the Lord,

 

for he

hath

triumphed gloriously:

**

 

and the

onyx stone.

**

 

Now

the sons

of

Jacob

were twelve:

*

 

And said,

My Lord,

 

if now

I

have found favour

in thy sight,

pass not away,

 

I

pray thee,

from

thy

servant:

**

It

 

stood

upon twelve

oxen,

 

three looking

toward the north,

 

and three looking

toward the west,

 

and three looking

toward the south,

 

 

and three

looking

toward the east:

**

 

And God said,

Let us

make

man

in

our

image,

 

after our likeness:

and let

them

 have dominion

over

the

fish

of the

sea, . . .

*

 

and the sea

was set

above

upon them,

*

 

And

the

Lord God

said,

Behold,

 

the man

is

become

 

as one

 

of

us,

 

to

know

good and evil:

*

 

which

isin

the side

of

the

ephod inward.

**

 

and all

their

hinder

parts were

inward.

**

 

My breath

is

strange

to

my wife,

 

though

I

entreated

for the

children

sake

of

mine own body.

**

 

but I

will

maintain mine

own ways

before

him.

**

 

Yea,

 

young children

despised

me;

 

I arose,

and they

spake

against me.

 

All my

inward friends abhorred

me:

 

and they

whom

I

loved

ar


turned 


against me.

 

My bone

 

cleaveth

to

my skin

 

and

to

my flesh,

 

and

I am

escaped with

the skin

of

my teeth.

**

 

And it was

an hand

breadth

thick,

 

and the brim

thereof

was wrought

like

the brim

of

a cup,

 

with flowers

of

lilies:

**

 

Is not

this

Bathsheba,

the daughter

of

Eliam,

the wife

of

Uriah the Hittite?

 

**

it

contained

two thousand baths.

****

 

And

Melchizedek

 king of Salem

brought

 forth bread

and

wine:

 

and

he

was

the priest

of the

most high

God.

**

 

And the name

of the

third river

is

Hid-dek-el:

that

isit

which

goeth

 

toward the east

of

Assyria.

**

 

And they shall

come

from the east,

 

and from the west,

and from the north,

and from the south,

and shall

sit down

in the

kingdom

of

God.

    

And,

behold,

 

there

are last

which

shall be first,

 

 

and

there are

first

which shall

be last.

 

**

 

For promotion

cometh neither

from the east,

 

nor

from the west,

 

nor

from the south.

 

But God

is

the

judge:

 

he

putteth down

one,

 

and setteth

up another.

 

For in

the hand

of

the

Lord

 

there

 

is a cup,

 

and the wine

is red;

 

it is

full

of

mixture;

 

and

he

poureth

out

 

of

the

same:

**

He poureth

contempt

upon princes,

 

and weakeneth

the strength

of the

mighty.

 

He

discovereth

deep

things out

of

darkness,

 

and bringeth

out to light

the

shadow of death.

 

He

increaseth

the nations,

 

 

and destroyeth them:

**

 

And this gospel

of

the

kingdom

shall

be

preached

in

all the

world

for a

witness

unto all nations;

 

and then

shall 

the 

end come.

 

 

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