Israel…”The Chosen”
1. So, listen, O Jacob (defrauder) , who is supposed to be my servant, and O Israel, whom I (Jehovah) have deliberately chosen (selected as the best or most appropriate).
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2. Thus saith “The-Lord” (Jehovah), who made you and formed (made; produced) you even in your mother’s womb and will help you.
Don’t be afraid, O’ Jacob (defrauder), who I’ve called (needed; described) as my servant… and Jeshurun (“My upright little Israelites”; God’s term of endearment for Israel’s people). You are chosen to deliver (emancipate; redeem; save; liberate; free) Jacob’s people.
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3. For I will pour water (“Living-Water”; “My holy spirit”; spiritual refreshment) on Jacob’s thirsty land (domain; realm; sphere; stomping-grounds) and streams (continuous-flows) of it (water; “My holy spirit”; spiritual refreshment ) upon Jacob’s ground (rational-motives; basis for belief and conviction).
I will, indeed, pour out my spirit upon Jacob’s seed (children; heirs; offspring) and my blessing (favor; protection) upon Jacob’s descendants (scions; progeny)
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4. They (Jacob’s offspring) will spring-up like new grass in a meadow…like poplar trees growing near a stream.
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5. One (Some; A few) of Jacob’s people will profess (allege; get on a soap-box and declare; swear on a bible)…….
“I belong to the Lord!”
Others of Jacob’s people will continue calling (designating; empowering; entitling) themselves by/thru the name (authority; jurisdiction; dominion) of Jacob (Salt Lake’s leadership of defrauders; cheats; swindlers),
Yet (but at the same time; but nevertheless) a praise-worthy (commendable; noteworthy) minority of Jacob’s people will, voluntarily (of their own free will), ascribe; attribute; accredit) their hand (power; ministry) to be “of the Lord” …and they will take upon themselves (assume; begin to have power in) the name (authority; dominion; jurisdiction) of Israel (‘Ones who are upright in the sight of God”).
The Lord, Not Idols
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6. Thus saith the Lord, Israel’s King and Redeemer, God Almighty, …..I am the first (alpha) deity (supreme-being) that you (mankind; humanity; the human race) has ever dealt-with (had to do with address; served) and I am the last (omega) deity (supreme-being) that you (mankind; humanity; the human race) you will ever have to deal-with (serve). I am the “one and only “ Almighty-God.
Apart from (except for; besides) me (Jehovah), there is (exits) no other God.
My worshippers testify that I (Jehovah) am the best thing that has ever happened to them besides (beyond; except for; apart from; since; other than) “sliced bread”.
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7. Who (What religious-leader; what mortal-man; what Salt Lake prophet; Church-head; Caliph; Pope; Czar; Shah; Sultan; magnate; potentate; Maharajah; overlord) then, is like (comparable; in the same class with; in the same league with) me (Jehovah)?
Let him (the baffoon) proclaim (say; testify of; publicly-announce officially-declare) it from his familiar (well-known; famous; recognizable) pulpit (stage; “ivory tower”; soapbox)!
Let him (each and every nincompoop) representing Salt Lake Headquarters, declare and clearly-layout (delineate; explain in detail; diagram) what has happened since the Old Testament time (era; generation), when I (Jehovah) established (set-up; initiated; put in place) my ancient Israelite people.
And then,……. while he’s “at it” (wrestling that alligator), let him foretell what is to come (what’s gonna happen; what’s in the future)!
Yes… indeed… let’s see (determine; discover) if he can prophesy (predict; forecast; foretell) Israel’s future.
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8. Don’t tremble (shake involuntarily as a result of anxiety) and don’t be afraid….
Wasn’t this situation prophesied (predicted; foretold) unto you (mankind; the human race; “the family of man”) a long time ago (Ezekiel 13:3-6) by my Old Testament prophets?
You (Israel’s people) are expertly-qualified to be “Witnesses For The Prosecution” against phony (fraudulent; false) prophets and apostles.
Think for a minute (60 seconds) …..Is there, or I should say… … has there ever been another God (deity; King of kings; Divine-being; supreme-being) apart from (besides; except for) me (Jehovah)???…….tick-tock…tick-tock……tick-tock…….
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……DING…..Time’s up!……the answer is NO…..there isn’t now nor has there ever been anyone else, who’s qualified like Jehovah to be mankind’s (humanity’s) rock (“Rock of Gibraltar”; mainstay; cornerstone).
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9. All (the whole of; every single; without exception) religious-authorities (hierocracies; ruling bodies composed of clergy), regardless of their Church affiliation, *, who ordain (install; appoint) idols (Golden Calves; graven-images; “superstars”; heroes) to lead their congregations in worship, amount to absolutely nothing (“bupkis”; “diddly-squat”; zilch) in Jehovah’s eyes (estimation; opinion; sight), regardless of the religion they profess and practice!
The things that today’s “high-felutin” (puffed-up; grandiose; presumptuous) “Church Heads” (“so-called” Men of God”; “Men-of-the-Cloth”; prophets & apostles; ministers; pastors; evangelists; reverends; priests; Imams; Islamic leaders ) treasure are worthless.
…and those who defend them and seek for what they recommend are as blind (undiscerning; stubborn; destitute of vision; uninspired) as the frauds (con-artists; pretenders; swindlers; charlatans), who lead them.
One could say that such congregants (believers; disciples; adherents; devotees; worshippers) are blind (lacking perception, awareness, or discernment) to their own shame (painful feelings of distress caused by a subconscious awareness of foolishness or wrong-doing).
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* affiliation – association; fellowship; connection; syndicate; confederation; organization; church
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10. Think for a moment……. Who (what kind of “religious Authority”) assumes ( puts-on) a Christ-like (Christly; godly; Christian) persona (public-personality) and does not expect to personally (socially; politically) or financially (commercially; monetarily; fiscally) profit (benefit; prosper) by it, in some way……
…..or, to “put-a-fine-point-on-it” (make a subtle distinction), what Salt Lake General Authority (Religious-authority) striving 24/7 to project (cast; create; produce; communicate) an admired, loved, and revered public-image (persona; character presented to other people, in contrast to their real nature) doesn’t expect his “revered public-persona” to profit (benefit; prosper) him personally and financially, in some way? Hmm?
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11. Behold (observe something remarkable), they (religious-authorities; Church heads; illegitimate prophets and apostles) and their “ilk” (species; race) of men will ultimately be put to shame.
Salt Lake’s craftsmen (magicians; sorcerers; clowns) are nothing more than greedy (ambitious; goal-oriented; money-grubbing), small-minded, little-men who happen to have acquired some-measure of power and authority in a Church-hierarchy.
Let all (every single one) of these “reprobate” (unprincipled; shameless; degenerate; corrupt) men be summoned to take the witness stand in their own defense.
But, watch!……… their testimonies will “go-down” (be recorded and remembered in the annals of history) in “infamy” (public-reproach).
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12. Salt Lake’s blacksmiths (craftsmen) produce iron (tough; inflexible) “tools” (high-priests whose egos FAR exceed their talent, intelligence, and likeability).
But, of course, such men are “clueless” (ignorant; uninformed; unaware) of that fact.
Every last one of them thinks he is “THE-MAN” (“The-Authority”; “The-Establishment”) and in a more abstract sense, “The-Ruling-Class”.
Salt Lake’s blacksmiths (craftsmen) forge every “tool” (high-priest whose ego FAR exceeds his talent, intelligence, and likeability) by melting (dissolving; breaking-down) his spiritual-structure (character; integrity) in a firey-furnace of red-hot coals (under extremely-high-pressure).
This degree of high-pressure forces the foundation of a man’s character (basic-nature), to become “disordered” (dysfunctional; messed-up; disorganized).
This process enables the blacksmith (craftsman) to smelt (draw-out;) the basest (lowest; most-corrupt; most vulgar; most vile) metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon – meaning “essence”; intrinsic-nature) hidden deep within his soul.
When sufficiently polished, that corrupt (vulgar; vile) “essence” (intrinsic nature; indispensable quality of someone that determines his character) appears to give off (have; radiate) a shiny luster (sheen or soft glow).
The “Smelting” process is followed by a continual-“hammering” (driving; pressuring; pushing; urging; riding herd on) the neophyte (newcomer) until he is flattened (reduced to extreme submission; ready to conform to authority; meekly-obedient; passive) but by that time, he’s also become callous (hardened; unresponsive) to his own emotions, the emotions of others, and largely bereft (dispossessed; divested; robbed) of a conscience (“inner-feeling or voice acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of their behavior”).
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13. Salt Lake’s carpenters (magicians; wood-workers; “Chips off-the Old-Block”) measure the worth of a man based on the school of thought (intellectual tradition; perspective) of his high-priest circle (clique; brotherhood; fraternity).
The brainwashing (indoctrination; conditioning; inculcating; training) of a new apostle begins (commences; is inaugurated; is set in motion; starts) with a senior (high-ranking) apostle “reeling-off” (reciting-at-length) “a-line” (“a false and exaggerated “Cock and Bull Story”; a long and tedious “spiel” about Joseph Smith; a long speech intended as a means of persuasion and excuse; “a little song and a little dance, a little seltzer down the pants”) to the “new kid on the block” (rookie; trainee; newcomer; neophyte; “new apostle on the block”).
Next, he outlines (sketches characterizes; delineates) his creation with a marker (awl; stylus; something that makes a really “deep impression” on a naive new apostle. He roughs-out (proposes a deal to) the new apostle by chiseling (chipping-away; cutting away) at him with sharp-edged (thorny; irksome; unpleasant; troublesome) precision (attention; stiffness; strictness; rigor) of a “tool” (megalo-maniac; the “Kanye West” treatment; General Authority with a hugely over-inflated ego).
Then, he marks-out (circumscribes; restricts; defines the nature, scope, or meaning of) the new apostle with compasses (limits; perimeters; boundaries).
Finally, he shapes (forms; sculps; molds) his new creation into the embodiment (manifestation; personification; representation; incarnation) of an-ideal (a classic; a consummate; a perfect) looking Mormon General-Authority…… a high-priest “in all his glory”…… so that he’s certain (sure; guaranteed) to be enshrined (“put on a pedestal”; revered; idolized; hallowed; venerated) by congregations of Mormon worshippers throughout the world.
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14. Salt Lake’s breed (species; “ilk”; race) of self-centered (narcissistic; grandstanding; self-serving) General Authorities are bound and determined (driven to; “hell-bent-on”; single-minded; obsessed; relentless; intent) to cut-down (“fell”; exterminate; destroy; get-rid-of) every Israelite Cedar (fragrant; enduring) tree (family; lineage; bloodlines; dynasties; succession of hereditary rulers) among Israel’s people.
They (Salt Lake’s religious authorities) cut-down Israel’s trees (families; lineages; bloodlines; dynasties; lines of hereditary rulers) to further themselves and their illustrious-church-careers.
Occasionally, they let (allow; permit) an Israelite tree, to grow, e.g. (for instance) a Cypress-tree (associated with mourning because they fail to regenerate when they are cut back too severely; in the modern era the Cypress tree remains the principal cemetery tree in both the Muslim world and Europe) and Oak trees (One of the most beloved species of trees in the world and with good reason. Oak trees (symbols of strength, morale, resistance, and knowledge are considered to be cosmic storehouses of wisdom embodied in their towering strength) are sometimes found growing (developing) among the trees (families; lineages; bloodlines; dynasties lines of hereditary rulers) in Salt Lake’s forest (plantation).
Perhaps (it could be that) they’ve accidentally (mistakenly; ill-advisedly; wrongly; by-oversight) planted a seedling of an Israelite Oak–tree, but then…… to Salt Lake’s chagrin (distress at having failed and been humiliated; vexation; annoyance; displeasure)……
“Wouldn’t you know it” (“Inevitably; of course; You can guess what I’m going to say…”)
The rains (showers of “Living-water”; showers of “God’s Holy Spirit”) from heaven actually make (cause) a “little” (precious) Israelite tree (Family, lineage; etc….etc.) grow into an exquisite (magnificent; extremely beautiful; majestic) tree (family; lineage; bloodline; dynasty; succession of hereditary-rulers), in spite (regardless) of Salt Lake’s “Master-Plan” (program; blue-print; game-plan).
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15. Israelite trees (families; lineages, etc….etc.) and those related to them, constitute fuel (firewood) necessary for Salt Lake’s fire (energy; enthusiasm; passion; excitement) to endure (keep-going) .
As far as Salt Lake’s presiding officers are concerned, Israelite trees (families; lineages; bloodlines dynasties; lines of hereditary-rulers) are “Good-For-Nothing” except firewood (cordwood; kindling).
Every Salt Lake’s High Priest makes the most of (capitalizes-on) Israelite wood by kindling a fire with it, over which he bakes his bread. Even that’s understandable…….
…..but, then, he mocks (simulates; feigns; counterfeits; mimics; appropriates; assumes) Israel’s “timber” (character; charisma; personality; traits ) when making (creating; fashioning) his own graven (unforgettable; remarkable; deeply-impressive; indelible) image (public-persona; public-image; mask; disguise; front; window-dressing; veneer.)
Salt Lake’s presiding authorities aggressively promote (encourage; further) and exemplify (serve as an example for) this kind of unworthy (unpraiseworthy; undeserving) Melchizedek priesthood advancement (promotion in rank or status) as a means to bifurcate (split; divide; disunite) Israel’s people and ultimately consume (unlawfully-appropriate; absorb; gobble-up) the authority (dominion; jurisdiction) of Israel’s House (family; lineage; bloodline; dynasty; succession of hereditary rulers), altogether (en-masse; as a whole).
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16. A Salt Lake high-priest burns some of it, to make a fire to “take the chill off” himself, and thinks in his belly (to/within himself) ……
“Ah!……Now, I’m getting warm (kinda excited) because I’m really enjoying (getting a real kick out of; imagining; seeing in my future; thinking about; proposing to myself) this kind of “image (public-persona) of “Good-fortune and prosperity”.
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17. The rest (remainder; residue) of the firewood, he uses to make (fashion; create) a graven (“awe-inspiring; imposing) image (public-persona; false-front; window-dressing; veneer).
Being, for the most part, an Israelite people, Mormons behave a lot like sheep. They “tend” (are inclined) to flock (congregate), they “tend” (are inclined) to be gullible (easily persuaded to believe something; credulous). and they “tend” (are inclined) to “take-the-bait” (“fall for “a-line”; swallow a hook; fall for a Cock and Bull Story”, hook, line & sinker”; do exactly as Salt Lake headquarters intends them to do) and most of all, they “tend” (are inclined) to play “Follow the Leader”.
They eagerly (enthusiastically) become part of a-following (an entourage; a fan-club) of a particular Melchizedek priesthood authority and “put him on a pedestal”.
After a while (eventually; inevitably) , Mormon priesthood leaders wind-up (end-up) believing (accepting as true; feeling sure of the truth of) their own “lie” (public-persona; graven-images) and they look-on (watch without getting involved), gleefully, as/while their rank and file Mormon congregants begin to think to themselves,
“Save us….. You (President “So and So”) are our idol!”
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18. For the most part, rank and file Mormons, the majority of whom ARE Israelites, don’t have a clue as to what’s going on among the upper-echlons (levels; tiers) of the Melchizedek Priesthood Organization….
…..because their eyes (sensibilities; discernment; abilities to judge well) are plastered-over (covered-over; blind-folded) and they can’t discern (perceive; recognize; look upon the hearts of men and know) what’s going-on (occurring; happening; going-down) among Mormonism’s ruling-class.
Their minds (intellectual-capacities; critical thinking skills) are closed (shut-down; inoperative; broken; out of service), so…… of course……they deny (rebuff; gainsay; disclaim) their own caprice (change of behavior; inconstancy; infidelity; faithlessness) concerning “The Command of God”…...
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19. ……and in public, they deny (refute; object; take exception to) accusations (claims; allegations; charges) that they are leading-away-(misleading; victimizing; deceiving) Israel’s people.
They assert sanctimoniously,“Far be it from us” (“God-forbid”)“to have any knowledge (awareness; consciousness; perception) of this thing!” or “Far be it from us” to even have the disposition (temperament; character; make-up) to think (propose; resolve; ordain; give-direction) of dividing (splintering; smashing to smithereens; making mincemeat of) the hand (power; ministry) of this generation of Israel’s people (Israel’s seed).
But, “behind closed doors” (secretly; privately; in executive session; in closed chambers; behind the green curtain), Salt Lake’s plan (scheme) is to make (cause) Israel’s people seem (look; appear) to be irrelevant (not worth mentioning; insignificant; inconsequential) by means of “gobbling-up” (swallowed-hastily; gulping-down; eagerly seizing upon) Israel’s foundation (authority; “upper hand”; ascendancy; government; domination) and replacing (taking the place of; supplanting) Israel’s government (ascendancy; “upper hand”; domination) with their own…..
…and yea……..ultimately……..“Wait For It” …….overthrow (abolish; put an end to; terminate) my (Jehovah’s) authority, altogether (totally & completely).
They’ve sought to nullify (outweigh; surpass; eclipse; dominate) His (Jehovah’s) authority over every pesky (annoying; bothersome; trouble-making) “glowing-ember” (“live coal”; firebrand; trouble-maker; agitator; rabble-rouser; malcontent) who is passionate about Isaiah’s cause (written account; indictment; chronicle; narrative) and because of a deep commitment, one is prepared to defend and advocate it.
Such live-coals are Israel’s noble (royal; extraordinary; excellent; marvelous) descendants (scions; cuttings; shoots or twigs) who’ve been cut and prepared for grafting (inserting; joining; connecting) into Judah’s mother-tree (“materfamilia”) because they’ve all sprung (originated; arisen) from an-ancient (very old; wise and experienced; venerable) Israelite stock (family; ancestry) as a means to overcome (prevail-against; be victorious-over; triumph-over; surmount; defeat; rout; conquer) Salt Lake’s family (dynasty) of “oxen” (“dumb-heads”; fools; dimwits; dolts; idiots; ignoramuses; numbskulls; oafs; simpletons) who covet (fancy; have their hearts set on; have the “hots” for; desire-intensely) Israel’s commission (Apostleship; “Power Of Attorney”) to bear (announce) “Glad-Tidings” (Good-News; “Salt Lake’s preposterous “Plan-of-Happiness”) to all-flesh (the human race).
None of Salt Lake’s presiding offices have the courage (balls) to admit that they are appropriating (seizing; hijacking; abducting; helping themselves to; commandeering) Israel’s birthright to fuel (energize; activate; animate) themselves.…….they boast……
“We derive our bread (income) from Israel’s live-coals (passion; devotion; ardor)!”
Our countenance (demeanor; outward bearing; “air”) of authority rests (depends) upon the “live-coals” (passion; willingness; devotion; desire; ardor) of this generation of Israel’s people, who allow themselves to be consumed (obsessed; monopolized; preoccupied; absorbed) by/with our (Salt Lake’s) “beauty” (cheerful-news; joyful-announcement; “restored-gospel-message”)…..
……We seek to exceed (outshine; out-do; out-class; surpass) Israel’s people, even turn (transform; morph) them into “detestable-things”, (abominations; exceptionally loathsome, creepy people), in the eyes of the Lord, while we bow-down (cow-tow; look-up) to the trunk (stock; the line of descent; ancestry) of our own tree (family; lineage; bloodline; dynasty; succession of hereditary rulers)…...
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20. ……we feed-on (take full advantage of; enjoy the benefits of; are sustained by) Israel’s ashes (Ephraim; i.e.”Ephraimites”; miters; the head-dresses worn by ancient Israel’s Ephraimite-bishops as a symbol of office)…..
In Mormon society, a man’s Mitre (headdress of a Bishop; the symbol of priestly office) is at the heart (center) of what matters in Mormon society.
We rush (assail; assault) Israel’s people… pointing-them (directing their attention) to Salt Lake’s twists (abnormalities; warps; perversions; misrepresentations; changes; confusions).
We are led by hearts (emotions; feelings; sentiments) that are deluded (tricked; duped; fooled; mistaken; tricked), so we can’t even save (afford safe refuge to) ourselves (our own souls), but don’t, think for a moment, that we are going to testify…. “Far be it from us to promote a sham (something that is not what it is purported to be; a lie; a farce; a hoax; a trick) while swearing an oath (raising our right hand to the square) before God. We just won’t do that!
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21. Remember (bring-back to your mind an awareness of; reminisce-about; think-back to; keep-in-mind) God (Jehovah), along with (in addition to; not to mention; as well as; in conjunction with; together with) Israel’s people………O’ Jacob (defrauders), because both your tribes have been called as (to be) my servants.
I (Jehovah) made (created) both of you, so both of you * are called to be my servant. O’ Israel…….you’ll Not be forgotten!
I (Jehovah) have swept away your offenses like a cloud, and your sins like the morning mist.
* Both of you-Jacob and Israel “are” AND “are not” (in a sense) the same person. The Old Testament narrative (Genesis 32:28) describes a name change for Jacob, (at the “Ford of Jabbok” see below) following his night-long struggle with an Angelic Being. When God changes a person’s name or gives him a new name, it is to establish a new identity (personality; status; character). God changed Abram’s “high- (extolled, exalted)– father” name to “Abraham,” (“father of a multitude”) (Genesis 17:5) and his wife’s name from “Sarai,” (“My princess,”) to “Sarah,” (“Mother of nations”). “Ford” (crossroad; crossing; reaching; going across; traversing) of Yabbok (“pouring-out; emptying” (“presumably of one’s soul”)
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22. Return to me O’ Jacob (swindler; cheat; defrauder), for I (Jehovah), have redeemed (compensated for; atoned for; offset; reclaimed; recovered possession of) you.
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23. Sing for joy….O’ Heavens (people with/around whom God and His holy spirit feel perfectly “At-Home”), for “The-Lord” (Jehovah) has done this.
Shout aloud……O’ Earth (people who are confined to this temporary sphere where natural-inclinations, i.e. habits can be turned into permanent, unbreakable, instinctive patterns of behavior) beneath (below; in a lower place; underneath).
Burst into song, ye mountains (religious-administrations; religious-ministries)….ye forests (woodlands; plantations) and all of your “trees” (families; lineages, bloodlines, dynasties; successions of hereditary-rulers) because the Lord has redeemed (recovered possession of) Jacob (defrauders; grifters; chiselers), but he is displaying (demonstrating; revealing) his glory (splendor; magnificence; majesty; importance) in/thru Israel (“those who are upright in the eyes of God”; “those who prevail thru the power of God”).
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Jerusalem (“The Greatest Teacher Of Peace And Salvation”) Shall Be Reinstated
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24. Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, who formed YOU in YOUR mother’s (Mommy’s; Mummy’s; Mama’s; Mum’s) womb (belly), as well.
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I (Jehovah) am the Lord, who has made “all-things”…..I, alone, stretch-out (enlarge; exalt; develop; magnify; enhance) “the-heavens”(“individuals with whom God and His spirit feel very-comfortable and “At-Home”) and spread (broaden; open-up; stimulate; accelerate; fire-up; quicken) the minds of people who are still indentured (apprenticed; bound; contracted) upon “the-Earth” (“this temporary sphere of experience where they can transform personal-inclinations, i.e. “habits” into permanent, unchangeable; instinctive-behavior”), while I (Jehovah) arrange for difficult (vexing; troubling; frightful) circumstances that will hammer (clobber; pound; bear-down upon) “them”, until they are in divine-shape.
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25. I (Jehovah) am the one who foils (“nips in the bud”; frustrates; thwarts; circumvents) the signs (spectacles; extravaganzas; parades; pageants; exhibitions; shows; performances) of false-prophets and makes fools (“schlemiel”; boobs; idiots; asses; nincompoops;) of diviners (priests who employ dark, demonic- powers to predict future events).
I (Jehovah) overthrow (break; turn-away; send with its tail between its legs) the learning (schooling; guardianship; coaching; training) of men who everyone else thinks are wise (savvy; sophisticated; enlightened) and reveals (shows) their learning to be nonsense (garbage; rubbish; gobbledygook; hogwash).
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26. I (Jehovah) carry-out (accomplish; execute; put into action; implement) the words of my servants and fulfill the predictions (prophecies; oracles; visions) of My (Jehovah’s) “messengers” (deputies; teachers; “Angels”; ministers) emerging from among this generation of Israel’s people.
I (Jehovah) am the one who says (declares; brings to light) concerning Jerusalem (“Israel’s Ultimate Teacher of Peace and Salvation”), “Jerusalem reigns in the “Justice-seat” in behalf of (to benefit; to help; to enhance) the authority of Judah (“praise and thanksgiving unto Jehovah”), which has been almost completely overthrown (destroyed; defeated; overturned). It (“the authority, name, dominion, jurisdiction of Judah”) shall be restored.
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27. I (Jehovah) command the “watery-deep” (“depths of the Sea”; mysterious-insights of Sorcery; profound-wickedness of Black Magic”) ….“Be dry!” and my words , alone, cause your streams (continuous flows) of witchcraft (Black-Arts; wizardry) to dry-up (evaporate; vanish).
I (Jehovah) avouch (admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about; affirm; acknowledge as mine; corroborate) command; bring to light) the “spirit” (courage”; soul; attitude; character; enthusiasm; animation; boldness) of “Cyrus” * (Hebrew-“Kowresh”, pronounced- “Koresh”; meaning-“the Last-Time”; “the End-Time “the-Last-Days; “the-Final-Days”),…..
“Cyrus (“the spirit of the Last Days”; the spirit of the End-Times”) is (functions as; serves as) my shepherd and those who follow it will accomplish (carry-out) all (whatever; everything-that) I (Jehovah) please”.
Those who allow (permit; let) themselves to be guided by it (follow it) will declare of Jerusalem (“The Great Teacher of Peace and Salvation”), “Let it be restored to its original glory!”
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* Cyrus-Cyrus the Great respected the customs and religions of the lands he conquered. This became a very successful model for centralized administration and establishing a government working to the advantage and profit of its subjects. In fact, the administration of the empire through satraps (provincial governors) and the vital principle of forming a government at Pasargadae were the works of Cyrus. What is sometimes referred to as the “Edict of Restoration” (actually two edicts) described in the Bible as being made by Cyrus the Great left a lasting legacy on the Jewish religion. According to Isaiah 45:1 in the Hebrew Bible, God anointed Cyrus for this task, even referring to him as a messiah (lit. “anointed one”) and he is the only non-Jewish figure in the Bible to be called so.
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End Of Chapter Forty-Four