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Isaiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Isaiah, one of the Book of the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, which is the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] In this "vision of Isaiah concerning Judah and Jerusalem", the prophet calls the nation to repentance and predicts the destruction of the first temple in the siege of Jerusalem.
The Wilhelmus, the national anthem of the Netherlands, has a structure composed around a thematic chiasmus: the 15 stanzas of the text are symmetrical, in that verses one and 15 resemble one another in meaning, as do verses two and 14, three and 13, etc., until they converge in the eighth verse, the heart of the song.
Oral literature is especially rich in chiastic structure, possibly as an aid to memorization and oral performance. In Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, for instance, Cedric Whitman finds chiastic patterns "of the most amazing virtuosity" that simultaneously perform both aesthetic and mnemonic functions, permitting the oral poet easily to recall the basic structure of the composition during ...
Isaiah 2:16: Isaiah 13:21: Isaiah 11:3: Geneva Bible (1560) all pleasant pictures: Satyrs shall dance there shall make him prudent in the fear of the Lord King James Bible (1611) all pleasant pictures: satyrs shall dance there shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the L ORD: Book of Mormon (1830) all pleasant pictures (2 Nephi 12:16)
The Book of Mormon quotes 25,000 words from the KJV Old Testament (e.g., 2 Nephi 30:13-15; cf. Isaiah 11:7-9) and over 2,000 words from the KJV New Testament. [47] There are numerous cases where the Nephite writers mimic wording from the New Testament, a document to which they would have had no access.
"The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." —Mark 2:27 [2] "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." "You need to change how you see things in order for the things you see to change." "With my mind on my money and my money on my mind." —Snoop Dogg in the song "Gin and Juice" "In America, you can always find a party.
[13] [14] An apparently related word, epiousios (affixing the prefix epi- to the word), is used in the Lord's Prayer , but nowhere else in the scriptures. Elsewhere, it was believed to be present in one papyrus (a list of expenses) among expenses for chick-peas, straw, etc., and for material. [ 15 ]
Isaiah 6 is the sixth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. [1] It records the calling of Isaiah to be the messenger of God to the people of Israel. [2]