Analysis of The LORD Declares



Do not listen to the word,
The prophets who prophesy;
Filling hopes that are absurd,
Speaking of what we not see.

They say continually,
Who despise the Holy Word;
Forecasts no calamity,
About which you may have heard.

Who amongst them that has stood,
In the council of the Lord;
To hear His Word as they should,
Instead has merely ignored.

Behold the storm of the Lord,
Whirling tempest of His wrath;
Of those not in one accord,
Will be coming in their path.

For the anger of the Lord,
Will never be turning back;
Upon those that have ignored,
For the faith that they will lack.

For the intents of the heart,
You will later understand;
From you, the Lord will depart,
Not heeding to His command.

These prophets God did not send,
He did not speak unto them;
They prophesied to offend,
The Lord assures to condemn.

If they stood in His council,
Then they easily proclaim;
And could testify to tell,
Without speaking out in vain.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CACA DEDE EFEF EGEG HIHI JKJK XXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 01011 1011101 1011111 1101000 1010101 0110100 0111111 1011111 0010101 1111111 0111001 0101101 1010111 1110101 1110011 1010101 1101101 0111101 1011111 1001101 111001 1101101 1101101 1101111 1111101 110101 0101101 1110110 1110001 011011 0110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 974
Words 214
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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The Mistake of the Forecaster Jeremiah 23:16–22

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Written on June 13, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on June 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

 · 1951 · Easton

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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