1. Hebrew Bible, Micah, 4.1-4.3 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •amos, collection and preservation of sayings of Found in books: Carleton Paget and Schaper, The New Cambridge History of the Bible (2013) 86| 4.1. חוּלִי וָגֹחִי בַּת־צִיּוֹן כַּיּוֹלֵדָה כִּי־עַתָּה תֵצְאִי מִקִּרְיָה וְשָׁכַנְתְּ בַּשָּׂדֶה וּבָאת עַד־בָּבֶל שָׁם תִּנָּצֵלִי שָׁם יִגְאָלֵךְ יְהוָה מִכַּף אֹיְבָיִךְ׃ 4.1. וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית־יְהוָה נָכוֹן בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים וְנִשָּׂא הוּא מִגְּבָעוֹת וְנָהֲרוּ עָלָיו עַמִּים׃ 4.2. וְהָלְכוּ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל־הַר־יְהוָה וְאֶל־בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיוֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה וּדְבַר־יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ 4.3. וְשָׁפַט בֵּין עַמִּים רַבִּים וְהוֹכִיחַ לְגוֹיִם עֲצֻמִים עַד־רָחוֹק וְכִתְּתוּ חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם לְאִתִּים וַחֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם לְמַזְמֵרוֹת לֹא־יִשְׂאוּ גּוֹי אֶל־גּוֹי חֶרֶב וְלֹא־יִלְמְדוּן עוֹד מִלְחָמָה׃ | 4.1. But in the end of days it shall come to pass, That the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, And it shall be exalted above the hills; And peoples shall flow unto it. 4.2. And many nations shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, And to the house of the God of Jacob; And He will teach us of His ways, And we will walk in His paths’; For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4.3. And He shall judge between many peoples, And shall decide concerning mighty nations afar off; And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruninghooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more. |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 18 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •amos, collection and preservation of sayings of Found in books: Carleton Paget and Schaper, The New Cambridge History of the Bible (2013) 86 | 18. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.,For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.,I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.,He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.,For who is God, save the LORD? And who is a Rock, except our God?,For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.,The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.,At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds Hailstones and coals of fire.,With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.,Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;,The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;,He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.,And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.,Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies. .,The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me. .,The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.,Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.,He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.,The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.,For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.,Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.,He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.,And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.,Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension hath made me great.,In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.,Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.,Great salvation giveth He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.,With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;,I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.,Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.,He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.,For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul;,Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.,The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;,Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.,The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.,He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.,And the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at Thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.,They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.,The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.,As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.,As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.,They cried, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but He answered them not.,And he said: I love thee, O LORD, my strength.,And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.,Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.,Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, and I did cut off them that hate me.,Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.,Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.,For all His ordices were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me.,For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness. |
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3. Hebrew Bible, 2 Samuel, 22 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •amos, collection and preservation of sayings of Found in books: Carleton Paget and Schaper, The New Cambridge History of the Bible (2013) 86 | 22. As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: He is a shield to all them that trust in him.,Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.,They looked, but there was none to save, to the Lord, but he answered them not.,And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Sha᾽ul:,God is my strength and rampart; and he makes my way smooth.,Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy condescension makes me great.,And the afflicted people Thou wilt save: but Thy eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayst bring them down.,And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confounded them.,and he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;,He makes my feet like hinds’ feet: and sets me upon my heights.,Therefore the Lord recompenses me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eyesight.,Strangers shall submit themselves to me: they shall hear, they shall be obedient to me.,For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.,And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.,I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.,Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did tread them down.,I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.,There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.,With the merciful Thou wilt show Thyself merciful, and with the upright man Thou wilt show Thyself upright.,Strangers shall fade away, and they shall come tottering from out of their close places.,With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure; and with the perverse Thou wilt show Thyself subtle.,the bonds of She᾽ol encircled me; the snares of death took me by surprise;,Thou hast also made my enemies turn their backs on me, that I might destroy them that hate me.,For Thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord lightens my darkness.,He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;,and that brings me out from my enemies: Thou also hast lifted me on high above them that rose up against me: Thou hast delivered me from the violent man.,Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.,For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.,He is the tower of salvation for His king: and shows mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed for ever.,For Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast Thou subdued under me.,And he rode upon a keruv, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.,For by Thee I run through a troop: by my God I leap over a wall.,The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice,,the God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; Thou savest me from violence.,He teaches my hands to war, and trains my arms to bend a bow of brass.,Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou wilt keep me to be head of many nations: a people whom I knew not shall serve me.,I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.,For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?,The Lord rewards me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands he recompenses me.,Therefore I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing praises to Thy name.,And he made darkness pavilions round about him, the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.,When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;,he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.,It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me,,The Lord lives; and blessed is my rock; and exalted is the God of the rock of my salvation.,in my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.,They surprised me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.,Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because of his anger.,He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.,And I have consumed them, and crushed them, that they could not arise: they are fallen under my feet.,He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 2.2-2.4 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •amos, collection and preservation of sayings of Found in books: Carleton Paget and Schaper, The New Cambridge History of the Bible (2013) 86| 2.2. וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית־יְהוָה בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים וְנִשָּׂא מִגְּבָעוֹת וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם׃ 2.2. בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יַשְׁלִיךְ הָאָדָם אֵת אֱלִילֵי כַסְפּוֹ וְאֵת אֱלִילֵי זְהָבוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ־לוֹ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לַחְפֹּר פֵּרוֹת וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִים׃ 2.3. וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל־הַר־יְהוָה אֶל־בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה וּדְבַר־יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ 2.4. וְשָׁפַט בֵּין הַגּוֹיִם וְהוֹכִיחַ לְעַמִּים רַבִּים וְכִתְּתוּ חַרְבוֹתָם לְאִתִּים וַחֲנִיתוֹתֵיהֶם לְמַזְמֵרוֹת לֹא־יִשָּׂא גוֹי אֶל־גּוֹי חֶרֶב וְלֹא־יִלְמְדוּ עוֹד מִלְחָמָה׃ | 2.2. And it shall come to pass in the end of days, That the mountain of the LORD’S house Shall be established as the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it. 2.3. And many peoples shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; And He will teach us of His ways, And we will walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 2.4. And He shall judge between the nations, And shall decide for many peoples; And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruninghooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more. |
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5. Hebrew Bible, Joshua, 13-17, 19-21, 18 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Carleton Paget and Schaper, The New Cambridge History of the Bible (2013) 86 | 18. And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.,and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;,And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families; and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.,and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah;,And the men arose, and went; and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying: ‘Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.’,And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz—the same is Beth-el—southward; and the border went down to Atroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.,And Joshua said unto the children of Israel: ‘How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, hath given you?,And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.,And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.,And the Jordan was to be the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.,And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book, and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.,and Chephar-ammonah, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:,Appoint for you three men for each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.,And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan; this was the south border.,For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.’,and Zela, Eleph, and the Jebusite—the same is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.,And the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the Valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.,Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;,Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz;,and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;,and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;,And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD; and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.,And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.,And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah.,And the south side was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.,And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal—the same is Kiriath-jearim—a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side.,And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.,And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north. |
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