Tune: Breslau
('Take up thy cross, the Saviour said')
2 Chronicles 24 v.20-22
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The Spirit of God came upon
Zechariah, he was the son
Of Jehoiada the priest he
Had words unto the people, see
He said to them, Why you the word
Of the LORD, his commands you heard
You disobeyed, cannot prosper
The LORD has forsaken you sure
Because you have Him forsaken
He has turned, has not you taken
Into his favour, so relent
And from your sins now true repent
But they against him did conspire
And did stone him with stones, it dire
At command of King Joash they
Did him kill, from good turned away
So King Joash remembered not
The kindness done, his pleasant lot
From Jehoiada, the father
of Zechariah, his son sure
But he slew his son, who did say
As he was dying, he did pray
Said, The LORD look on this, repay
The wrong here done to me this day
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: March 8th, 2019 03:09
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8888 metre. Last in this short series.
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Comments5
Very sombre mood for today UNCLE STEVE : to balance Uncles Mike & Andy's levity ! The OLD TESTAMENT is red in knife & sword but taken in context it reflects life as it is today !
Thanks for sharing :
Blessings in love :
ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Thanks B&A. It happened to be one in the series of 'The Spirit said to.......' in 1 & 2 Chronicles. Jesus mentions a Zechariah in the New Testament, though it may refer to a different person. The woe is in Joash not remembering to kindness shown to him by Z's father Jehoiada, but he killed Z.
Help! One church had 'A Lent Service of Commination - God's wrath against wicked sinners'. i.e,. those attending the service? Oh dear! Those needing to hear it more are OUTSIDE the church?
Blood thirsty lot in them days.. maybe they should have introduced a knife ban years ago.... N
Yes N.
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Agree with Neville here |Orchi - so much blood shed back then when maybe a pow-pow together would have solved lots of troubles. Love is the greatest of healers as the Christ said.
Yes Fay. Some terrible things in Old Testament - some in the New too. People doing not nice things to other people.
I lost a lot of blood myself quite recently but I pulled through - mind you nothing like 1066.
Thanks M. Oohh yes, 1066 was terrible!
Much the way I am feeling at the moment, feeling forsaken.
Thanks Gold. Oops! I know what you mean though.
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