The Major Prophets of the Bible: In Metered Rhyme, Volume 5

By Warren Sherwood Bennett

This is a literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm in a metered manner. This is my personal collection of poems. The books of Isaiah and Ezekiel featured herein depicts only a brief history of God and his chosen, their union of kin, genealogy, linking each story.

By order of God, a complete counting and list of his people he chose must be made. For historys sake and for his sake, insist it is thorough and true with his aid.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504985598

Warren Sherwood Bennett

As said in the prophecy, God is the source of all knowledge and life-giving breath. These matters of the fact lead the way to all forces on Earth and all unto death. This author has visualized and realized how his life has been blessed with the verse to feel with his zeal just how he could be prized with some wisdom of God’s universe. They recently had a great-grandchild, a boy, as their twenty-fifth one, and somehow, they also just had their first great-great-grandchild. This makes them great-great-grandparents now.

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Table of Contents

ISAIAH

Chapter I.

I-sa`-iah complains of rebellion of days,

For poor judgments, he laments sad.

He calls for repentance, denouncing God’s Ways,

Threat’ning punishing evil for bad.

Chapter II.

I-sa`-iah does prophecy God’s kingdom come.

He exhorts them to fearing the Lord,

Because of the powerful majesty, from

The effects of God’s might they adored.

Chapter III.

I-sa`-iah makes note of confusions which sways

Via sin & the shamelessness had

By people not caring for God’s truthful Ways,

For the pride of the women not bad.

Chapter IV.

God’s kingdom will be a great sanctuary,

Where the plight of the women is known.

The Lord will remove all the filth they would carry

Of Zi`-on, which God calls His own.

Chapter V.

The Lord tells a story of various sins

Of a vineyard & song about love.

What He will take care of the growing therein,

Were His judgments that come from Above.

Chapter VI.

I-sa-iah is terrified, seen in a vision

Of God in His glory, confirmed.

His message, when he shows his valid rendition

Of their desolation affirmed.

Chapter VII.

I-sa`-iah gives comfort to A`-haz, because

He is troubled with terrible fear.

But A`-haz has liberty, choosing the laws,

But refuses. – It’s God he reveres.

Chapter VIII.

I-sa`-iah then prophesies: Syr`-i-a, and

Ally Is`-ra-el will be subdued

By Ju`-dah, - A-syr`-ia will also not stand,

But there’s comfort for God-fearing Jews.

Chapter IX.

Great joy there will be when the on-coming king

Will arrive in the midst of afflictions.

The judgments on Is`-ra-el, for pride they bring

For impenitence, & contradictions.

Chapter X.

Woe unto the tyrants; they all will be killed.

But a remnant of Is`-ra-el’s saved.

She’s comforted with a true promise fulfilled,

Of deliverance, being enslaved.

Chapter XI.

The kingdom of peace out of Jes`-se’s fine line,

Is the Branch stemming our from its root.

Victorious sure restorations will shine,

And vocations of Gen`-tiles’ dispute.

Chapter XII.

For mercies of God, a thanksgiving was sent

By the faithful in joy, & by prayer.

Their praise, adoration is given & meant

For salvation & songs that they air.

Chapter XIII.

God gathers His armies, concerning His wrath.

To intimidate Bab`-y-lon’s men.

With this God has threatened to stay off the path,

And destroy Bab`-y-lon once again.

Chapter XIV.

God’s mercy on Is`-ra-el is restoration.

The insults o’er Bab`-el are won.

God’s purpose against all A-syr`-i-a’s nation,

Is triumph, that’s only begun.

Chapter XV.

Lament of the Mo`-a-bites, sorrow includes

The armed soldiers, who wail loud & weep.

The people cry out, & the fugitives’ moods

Show how desolate they are from sleep.

Chapter XVI.

Obedience advised unto Mo`-ab, to yield

To God’s kingdom & safeguard her life.

She’s threatened because of her pride in the field,

Bringing judgment to Mo`-ab with strife.

Chapter XVII.

Both Is`-ra-el, Syr`-i-a are threatened too,

But idolatry, remnant forsakes.

The rest of the nations will suffer & rue

A great plague for impiety’s quakes.

Chapter XVIII.

In care for His people, the Lord will destroy

E-thi-o`-pi-ans, ending their reign.

An access will grow to the Temple’s employ,

For delivery of people’s gain.

Chapter XIX.

Confusion of E`-gypt, adjoining God’s fold,

Was their calling by God to be saved.

A covenant made by A-syr`-i-a’s hold

Unto Is`-ra-el; - Egypt enslaved.

Chapter XX.

A shameful activity E-gypt has had;

E-thi-o`-pi-a also was held.

Of pride they were stripped, & their honor made bad.

They were naked, - for three years they dwelled.

Chapter XXI.

The prophet I-sa`-iah envisions the fall

Of the Bab`-y-lon kingdom by Medes

And Per`- sians; but E`-dom has scorn for them all,

And is moved to repentance for needs.

Chapter XXII.

The prophet I-sa`-iah laments that the Jews

Had invaded the Per`-sians, & so,

He prophesied Sheb`-na’s own harsh bit of news:

Deprivation & impending woe.

Chapter XXIII.

In misery, Tyre is again over thrown.

Their return is unhappy, including the throne.

Chapter XXIV.

The judgments of God are quite doleful indeed,

And the remnant will joyfully praise.

Upon the whole land, He’ll advance evermore,

In His kingdom, He’ll judge all their days.

Chapter XXV.

I-sa`-iah exalts God for judgments inflamed,

And for salvation’s victory, - ever proclaimed.

Chapter XXVI.

A song to rouse confidence in God to show

Favor unto His people to wait on his woe.

Chapter XXVII.

The fine care of God o’er His vineyard shows love,

And His judgments & chastisements differ thereof.

Chapter XXVIII.

God’s judgment is heavy, Je-ru`-sa-lem’s plight:

The insatiableness of her foes;

The senselessness & its hypocrisy’s fright

Of the Jews, to expose & dispose.

Chapter XXIX.

I-sa`-iah the prophet then threatened the mass

For their confidence in E`-gypt’s way.

They show their contempt for God’s Word, they call crass.

People’s joy, & God’s wrath they’ll convey.

Chapter XXX.

The prophet I-sa`-iah shows E-gypt’s distrust

For the cursed folly following them.

Forsaking the Lord & His Ways which are just,

He exhorts to conversion, contemn.

Chapter XXXI.

The blessings of God’s kingdom foreshown, is bad.

Restoration is promised to them; they are glad.

Chapter XXXII.

God’s judgments are wroth against foes of the Faith.

They show privilege living so Godly, but rathe.

Chapter XXXIII.

The judgments God made has revenged His own ‘group’.

… Desolation of foes showed their every troop.

Chapter XXXIV.

The flourishing joy of the Lord’s kingdom, and

The ‘good news’ gives the weak an encouraging stand.

Chapter XXXV.

Sen-na`-che-rib thrusts into Ju`-dah, then bolts,

And by blasphemed persuasions each person revolts.

Chapter XXXVI.

The mourning of old Hez-e-ki`-ah, he wrote

To I-sa`-iah to pray for their good.

Sen-na`-che-rib sends him a blasphemous note. -

Hez-e-ki`-ah received, & withstood.

I-sa`-iah’s true prophecy concerning pride,

And destruction Sen-na`-che-rib earned,

For good of the people of Zi`-on, & guide

His own sons showed him; this they discerned.

Chapter XXXVII.

By having received a stark message of death,

Hez-e-ki`-ah prayed his life be lengthened.

The sun recedes back ten degrees, giving breath

Fifteen more years that his life is lengthened.

Chapter XXXVIII.

The Bab`-y-lon king visits old Hez-e-ki`-ah.

The Bab`-lon’s captivity’s told by I-sa`-iah.

Chapter XXXIX.

The good news is published, & preached by a man,

And his followers preached it in full.

The prophet I-sa`-iah, by all powered span,

Comforts all people, responsible.

Chapter XL.

Vehemently, God tells His people about.

All His mercies & promises, are without doubt.

Chapter XLI.

The station of Him, graced with meekness & love,

Is exhorted to praise God from Heaven Above.

Chapter XLII.

The Lord gives His comfort & promises made.

He foretells them of Bab`-y-lon’s doom.

His wonderful saving deliverance aid

Of His people’s destruction & gloom.

Chapter XLIII.

God comforts His people with promises great.

He exhorts to praise God for redemption’s fine fate.

Chapter XLIV.

The Lord calls on Cy`-rus for His people’s sake,

By omnipotence, he won’t obey.

Of his life-saving pow’r, he hid challenges, fake.

He convinces the idols to stay.

Chapter XLV.

The idols of Bab`-y-lon can’t procure life.

They cannot save themselves in the end.

God does save His people from all means of strife,

And the idols have no pow’r to mend.

Chapter XLVI.

God’s judgment on Bab`-y-lon, & on a foe

Of Chal-se`-a: unmerciful acts.

Their pride, over boldness, will now ever show

Unpredictable, wickedness facts.

Chapter XLVII.

Convincing the people, - God’s prophecies told.

He advises obedience, - laments to enfold.

Chapter XLVIII.

The Lord, being sent to the Jews, has complaints

About them, so to Gen1-tiles He went.

He gave precious promises, with no restraints,

To perpetual love, ambient.

Chapter XLIX.

The Lord shows the Jews dereliction of bliss,

And will not be imputed to Him,

And His own ability not to remiss;

He advises to trust in God’s vim.

Chapter L.

A brief exhortation to trust in the Lord

By His promise to them of things good;

Of righteous salvation, mortality’s horde,

By God’s sanctified arm; - this He could.

Chapter LI.

The Lord persuades all to believe in His free

Salvation, & for themselves, from bondage flee.

Chapter LII.

The prophet declares their own debt in distress,

And excuses the scandal, which bring forth success.

Chapter LIII.

A Cov’nant of Peace for eternity’s span,

To the Gen`-tiles, to laud the Lord’s men,

The certain deliverance for ev’ry man,

From affliction, preserving the clan.

Chapter LIV.

The prophet has promises straight from the Lord,

Calls to faith & repentance for life they adored.

Chapter LV.

The prophet exhorts to a sanctification.

He promised a great mature edification.

Chapter LVI.

The death of the righteous gets Heavenly life.

For idolatry, Jews are reproved.

He gives to the penitent, solace in strife;

Evangelical promises soothed.

Chapter LVII.

The prophet is sent to reprove their pretense,

In expressing a counterfeit fast.

He also declares what is due to commence,

What is true & forever will last.

Chapter LVIII.

The glory abundant to Gen`-tiles’ access,

Are great blessings from short tribulations’ duress.

Chapter LVIX.

The office of God & its forwardness stressed,

Are the blessings of truth & its faithfulness pressed.

Chapter LX.

The prophet’s desire to confirm the Lord’s Word,

And the station of ministries’ teaching is heard.

Chapter LXI.

The Lord shows Whom He is, - His vict’ry o’er foes,

And the mercy toward His Temple too.

The people in prayer in the Temple will know

God’s complaints in their faith that they’d rue.

Chapter LXII.

The people at Temple pray God for a sign,

Celebrating His mercy, confessions divine.

Chapter LXIII.

The calling of Gen`-tiles to join in God’s realm;

But the Jews are rejected for sin:

Incredibly, they’re in idolatry’s helm,

And hypocrisy, wicked within.

Chapter LXIV.

The Lord will be served in sincerity meek,

And He comforts the humble divine.

With benefits gracious & blessings they’d seek,

And the Gen`-tiles will have their own shrine.

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EZEKIEL

Chapter I.

It soon came to pass in the thirtieth year,

In the fortieth month, fifty days,

That they were among the captivity’s drear,

By the river called Che`-ba, a-ways.

Chapter II.

A voice was heard speaking aloud, & it said,

Son of man, arise now on your feet!

It speaks unto you! Then it entered his head,

When it speaks to him, when they first meet.

Chapter III.

The noise of the wheels was against them so loud,

With a great rushing wind are his feet.

The Spirit then lifted him up in a cloud,

And away into bitterness, heat.

Chapter IV.

Then someone, by breach of the Lord, will be known

To be beauty & glory forever.

The fruit of the earth will be comely when grown,

And most excellent for them so ever.

Chapter V.

So now he will sing to a well-behaved song,

Of his loved one in teaching the vines.

His loved one has grown in her love that’s so long,

On a hill very fruitful for wines.

Chapter VI.

The year He-zi`-ah died, he saw the Lord

Lifted up, sitting high on a throne.

His skirt train completely filled God’s Temple cord,

And above it stood seraphims, known.

Chapter VII.

Thus says the Lord God, a disaster will come;

It’s the only one nearby the end.

Behold then, the end has most certainly come;

It has watched for you, you may depend.

Chapter VIII.

As time passed along, there arrived the sixth year,

The sixth month, the fifth day which I sat

Inside my own house, & there elders appear

Before me from Ju-de`-a, to chat.

Chapter IX.

Behold, there came six men by way of the gate,

Which is toward the north, & is in hand,

To each hand his weapon for slaughtering fate;

There was one man among them to stand.

Chapter X.

The glory of God from a cherub arose

And stood over the threshold near there,

The cloud filled the house,& the court filled to those

With the brightness of God’s glory’s flair.

Chapter XI.

The Spirit of God fell upon him, & said,

"Speak this, thus says the Lord, - you have said,

O Is`-ra-el’s house, I know your thoughts ahead,

And the things in your mind I have read.

Chapter XII.

They have ears to hear, but hear not Words He brings,

Because they’re a rebellious clan.

So therefore O son of man, ready the things

In their sight, & include all you can.

Chapter XIII.

You haven’t filled breaches, nor fired up the hedge

For the Is`-ra-el house to withstand.

A battle performed at the edge of the dredge,

At the day of the Lord as He planned.

Chapter XIV.

Some elders of Is`-ra-el sat before me,

And the Word of the Lord came to me,

"O son of man, those men have set to agree

In their hearts all those idols you see."

Chapter XV.

The hand of the Lord came upon me, & said,

"Son of man, how’s the vine more than that

Of any tree branch in a dense wooded stead,

Among trees in a forest of matte?"

Chapter XVI.

Again the true Word of the Lord came to me,

Saying, "Son of man, cause it to be,

Abominations of Je-ru`-sa-lem be,

And to know all of them for a plea."

Chapter XVII.

The Word of the Lord came to me (& to seek),

"Son of man, tell a riddle to those

Of Is`-ra-el’s house, - as a parable, speak

And say, ‘Thus says the Lord to prepare.’"

Chapter XVIII.

Again the true Word of the Lord came to me,

Asking, "What do you mean when you use

The proverb concerning the lee that you see?

Of all Is`-ra-el, will you abuse?"

Chapter XIX.

The Gen`-tiles had also received word of him.

He was taken & snared in a pit.

They brought him in chains unto E-gypt with vim!

(She then saw she was thwarted, - unfit.)

Chapter XX.

It soon came to pass in the seventh year, and,

In the fifth month, & in the tenth day,

That certain men there, (of the elders at hand),

Were inquiring the Lord by my way.

Chapter XXI.

The Word of the Lord came to me, saying this:

"Son of man, toward Je-ru`-sa-lem, face.

Drop your word, & preach hard to show an abyss,

As you prophesy harshly, - no grace."

Chapter XXII.

The Word of the Lord once again came to me,

Saying now, "Son of man, will you judge?

Will you judge the blood of iniquity’s plea?

… To the city, & can you begrudge?"

Chapter XXIII.

The Word of the Lord came again unto me,

Saying, "Son of man, there are two dames;

The daughters who stemmed from the same mother, free

Into E`-gypt, where whoredoms bear shames."

Chapter XXIV.

Again in the tenth year, the tenth month & day,

The true Word of the Lord came to me:

"O son of man, write down the name of the day,

That the Bab`-‘lon king warred against Me."

Chapter XXV.

The Word of the Lord came to me once again,

Saying, "Son of man, set your stern face

Against all the Am`-man ites, - prophesy then

Against them, & cause their own disgrace.

Chapter XXVI.

It soon came to pass in the ‘leventh year, and,

In the first of the month that the Lord

Came on me & said, "Son of man, bravely stand,

Because Ty`-rus has said the abhorred.

Chapter XXVII.

The Word of the Lord came again unto me,

Saying, "Son of man, make a lament

For Ty`-rus, & say unto her of the sea,

At its entry, a part most ancient`.

Chapter XXVIII.

The Word of the Lord came to me once again,

Saying, "Son of man, say to the prince

Of Ty`-rus, ‘Thus says the Lord God of all men,

Your heart’s been lifted up ever since.’"

Chapter XXIX.

And in the tenth year of the tenth month, twelfth day,

The Lord’s Word came to me & declared,

"O son of man, set your weak faith in a fray

Against Pha`-raoh of E`-gypt, impaired."

Chapter XXX.

The Lord has said thus, "All the ones who join force

With great E`-gypt will also be slain,.

The pride of her power will also, by choice,

Be then stripped, & have agonized pain."

Chapter XXXI.

It came in the ‘leventh year, tenth month, first day,

That the Word of the Lord came to me:

He said, "Son of man, speak to Pha`-raoh, astray,

King of E`-gypt, & his people’s plea.

Chapter XXXII.

And in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, first day,

The strict Word of the Lord came to me:

"Hear now, son of man, make laments to convey

To the king, E`-gypt’s Pha`-raoh, to flee."

Chapter XXXIII.

Again the strict Word of the Lord came to me,

Saying, "Son of man, speak to all kin

Of all of your people, including their plea,

When I bring My sword on you, I’ll win."

Chapter XXXIV.

The Word of the Lord came again unto me,

Saying, "Son of man, prophesy now

Against all of Is`-ra-el’s shepherds, their plea,"

Says the Almighty Lord, (as a vow).

Chapter XXXV.

Moreover, the Word of the Lord came to me,

Saying, "Son of man, face against Se`-ir.

Then prophesy sternly against it & see

What I’ll say about Se`-ir to Je`-ir."

Chapter XXXVI.

So prophesy therefore concerning the land

Of all Is`-ra-el, saying to all,

"The mountains & valleys, & hills, rivers, and

The Lord God spoke concerning His call."

Chapter XXXVII.

The hand of the Lord was upon me to wail,

And it carried me out in God’s Spirit.

He lowered me down in the midst of the vale,

Which was full of bones, &, no-one near it.

Chapter XXXVIII.

The Word of the Lord came to me to convince,

Saying, "Son of man, set now your face

Against Gog, the land of Ma`-gog, the chief prince.

Over Me`-shesh & Ta`-bul, - this place."

Chapter XXXIX.

O son of man, prophesy hard against Gog,

And confirm the real Lord God of all,

Is sternly against him, (their Gog,) demagogue,

Chief of Me`-shoch, & prince of Ta`-bal.

Chapter XL.

The twenty-fifth year of captivity, in

The first part of the year, & tenth day,

Was in the year fourteen, aft’ each town had been

Smitten in the same day of dismay.

Chapter XLI.

So afterwards, He brought me into the House,

And He gauged the posts, six cubits broad

On both sides, including the breadth of the House

Of the large Tabernacle I made.

Chapter XLII.

He then brought me into another large court,

Which is on the way up to the north.

He then brought into a chamber that’s short

O’er a separate place which went forth.

Chapter XLIII.

Soon afterward, He brought me unto the gate,

That looked out toward the coast, & beheld

The glory of God, Lord of Is`-ra-el, straight

From the way to the east as foretold.

Chapter XLIV.

He then brought me back in the way of the gate

Of the sanctuary, which faced east.

We found the gate shut, - so the Lord did narrate,

Why the gate would be shut for the feast.

Chapter XLV.

He ordered, "When you will divide lands by lot

For inheritance, you’ll give oblation

To God Lord Almighty, a portion begot

Of the lands & by God’s own creation.

Chapter XLVI.

The prince will go in by the way of the porch

Of that gate on the outside, & will

Stand up by the post, & the priests, by a torch,

Will prepare all burned off’rings, - the kill.

Chapter XLVII.

He afterwards brought me again to the door

Of the house, & behold! Water gushed!

From under the threshold, to east from the floor,

Went the water back down. - And it rushed!

Chapter XLVIII.

The sanctified portion will be for the priests,

Who are Za`-dak’s sons, who’ve kept My charge, -

Who went not astray when all Is`-ra-el’s priests

And My people from Me strayed at large.

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Isaiah & Ezekiel

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By

Warren Sherwood Bennett

Poet/Author

Of

The Rhyme of the Gospels©

The Acts & Epistles of Bible Apostles"©

Advice from the Ancients©

Women of the Bible©

A Triad of Trials©

The Major Prophets of the Bible©

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The Major Prophets of the Bible©

(Volume 2)

The Major Prophets of the Bible©

(Volume 3)

The Major Prophets of the Bible©

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ISAIAH

Chapter I.

The vision of A`-mon’s son for-named I-sa`-iah,

Which he saw concerning tribe Ju`-dah’s

Je-ru`-sa-lem, in days of old Hez-a-ki`-ah,

Uz-zi`-ah, Jo-tham`, kings of Ju`-dah,

"O Heavens, do hear & give ear, for the Lord

Has now spoken, & nourished I’ve given

To all of your children I’ve brought & adored,

And rebelled against me, whom they’ve driven.

"The ox has no owner, the ass has its crib,

But this Is`-ra-el knows not his Lord.

He doesn’t consider he came from a rib.

Ah, you nation, so sinful, abhorred;

A people so laden with evil’s iniquity;

They are corrupt in God’s sight.

With this, they’ve forsaken the Lord with no pity.

Provoking the Holy One’s spite.

"They’ve gone astray backwards, forgetting God’s love.

Why do you seek more punishment now?

Will you revolt more against God from Above?

The whole head is sick, - heart faint somehow!

"No soundness illumes from the foot to the head,

But the wounds from the bruises & sores,

Have not been closed up, nor been mollified fed,

With an ointment or oil, but not wars.

"Your country is desolate, cities are burned.

Strangers ravaged, devoured all your land.

Without Your great Presence, Your Holiness spurned,

It is desolate, plundered first-hand.

"These strangers invaded & overthrew all,

And the daughter of Zi`-on is left

Alone, as a cottage is left to befall,

And a lodge, as a city in theft.

"Except that the Lord of hosts left us a small

Amount, we would have been as destroyed,

As So`-dom was, & like Ga-mor`-ah, would fall,

And so desolate, they were made void.

"So hear now the Word of the Lord, O you king

Of Ga-mor`-ah & So`-dom, - & law

Of God, "To what aim do you bring with this thing?

Why do you sacrifice & show awe?

"The Lord says, ‘I’m full of burned off’rings of rams,

And the fat of fed beasts of the field.

I do not delight in the blood of the lambs,

Or the bullocks & goats, I’ll not yield.

"’When you come to Me, I’ll appear to be seen.

Who requires this to tread My law court?

Bring no more ablations, so vain & demean,

And sweet incense I’ll always abort.

"’New moons & the Sabbaths, assemblies on call,

I cannot endure meetings in sin.

Your new moons & feasts, either large ones or small,

My soul hates. – I can’t bear them within.

"’When you spread your hands, I shall hide Me from you.

When you make many prayers, I’ll not hear.

Your hands are indeed full of blood, some anew.

You’re a trouble to Me, - you I’ll flee!

"’So clean yourselves, wash yourselves, - sin be forsaken;

Before My own eyes, cease all wrongs.

Learn well to do well, search for justice. Awaken!

Relieve, & make goodness prolong.

"’Take care of the fatherless, plead for the widow;

And come, let us reason together":

The Lord said, "Though your sins be scarlet & woe,

They will be white as snow winter weather.

"’Though they may be red like the rhubarb in crimson,

They’ll soften as wool off a lamb.

If you would be willing to be as a jimson,

You’ll eat off the land & the ram.

"’But if you’ll refuse & rebel against Me,

You’ll be killed & devoured by the sword."

The Lord has thus spoken it. – It is His place.

See how faithless the faithful are gored!

"’How evil the faithful turn harlot, - abhorred!

At first, full of righteousness, truth;

But now full of evil, upheaval, discord,

And a