Analysis of Love for Israel



When Israel was a child,
Out of Egypt God called His Son;
He loved them though they were wild,
Because of the things he had done.

As the more that they had been called,
The further they had gone away;
Sacrificing had made them flawed,
Burnt offerings caused them to stray.

But God had taught Ephraim to walk.
By taking them up by the arms;
Healing them from His little talk,
Shielding them from the one who harms.

God led them with cords of kindness,
Surrounded them with bands of love;
Opened their eyes from the blindness,
That Satan had caused them thereof.

He came to them to ease the yoke,
And bent down as the One who fed;
Never as the One to provoke,
Unto the promised land He led.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG HIHI X
Poetic Form
Metre 1100101 11101111 1111101 01101111 10111111 01011101 1001111 11001111 11111011 11011101 10111101 10110111 11111110 01011111 10111010 1101111 11111101 01110111 10101101 10010111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 734
Words 162
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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The LORD's Love for Israel Hosea 11:1-4

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Written on April 29, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 28, 2024

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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