Idiomatic Incisiveness

orchidee



Tune: Old Yeavering

(Like a mighty river flowing')

Matthew 13 v.10-17

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Disciples said, Lord, why do you

Speak in parables? It is true

Jesus said, Because to you be

Revealed mysteries, here see

 

Mysteries, they of the kingdom

Of heaven, hidden truths, wholesome

Yet to some applies prophecy

Which Isaiah said, so be

 

Outcome expressed as intentioned

But as idiom it mentioned

By hearing, some shall hear, but not

Understand, that be their lot

 

And seeing, they shall see, but shall

Not perceive, and they not fare well

For their hearts are waxed gross, grown dull

Not receptive spirit, soul

 

Ears they have become dull to hear

Eyes they have closed, sight not appear

Lest at any time they should see

With eyes, and hear with ears free

 

And should understand with their heart

Receive of the gospel their part

And be converted, turn to me

The Lord, I would heal them, see

 

But blessed the eyes, they that do see

And the ears that do hear, so be

Many have desired to see, hear

Of old, the things now known here

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 17th, 2020 02:23
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7. metre. Bit involved today! To explain verse 3 and following verses: These are expressed as a Hebrew idiom - the outcomes are expressed as if they were the intentions. The 'incisiveness' is what the prophet (Isaiah) perceived when he was inspired to write these words.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments6

  • orchidee

    I will aim to explain more, if I can, if you are completely befuddled by the 'idiom'!

  • dusk arising

    I suppose parables helped in understanding for the uneducated masses in those times Orchi. Why on earth they have to be regurgitated in the twenty first century is beyond me for we are not the same uneducated bunch in the west are we? But christianity always has resisted bringing itself into relevance for the modern day be it the seventeenth or the twenty first century..... it has inbuilt inertia.

    • orchidee

      I suppose - cos they are still relevant for today.

      • dusk arising

        Leave it out mate, you dont need telling a story to explain its meaning, just the meaning you will understand immediately, you're not daft.

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      • Goldfinch60

        I talk in parables but nobody understands them as I say them in my second language, the first being English, the second being Rubbish.

        Andy

        • orchidee

          Ahh, me understands you! lol. Confucius he say - dunno what he says, but he waffles on a lot!

          • Michael Edwards

            I stopped waffling and the darn things got cold.

          • Michael Edwards

            Good work orchi

            • orchidee

              Thanks M. Waffles for dinner/tea today?! Miss Waff Berles? Unusual name there. Sounds like Moth Berles.

            • FineB

              Hi Orchidee,

              A wonderful write.

              The Parables - great words of wisdom.

              Keep writing ✍ and safe during these challenging times.
              FineB

              • orchidee

                Thanks Fine.

              • Crowns4Christ

                i personally always loved that passage orchi,thank you my friend love melissa crown

                • orchidee

                  Thanks Blue. Yes, in the New Testament, quoted from the Old.



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