Sunday, February 26, 2017

The scroll


After Nehemiah 8:1-18

He stood before them
a man, holding a book,
a scroll;
he began to read
the words written
on the scroll and
they listened, a multitude,
to the words on the scroll

They heard the words
the law, the history,
the words written
on the scroll

They did not tire;
the reading continued,
the reading of the scroll

They stood as they listened
to the words written
on the scroll

They lifted their hands
as they heard the words read,
the words written on the scroll

And they listened
to the words explained,
the words written on the scroll

As they listened to the words
their hearts broke
their eyes wept
to hear the words written
on the scroll

When he finished the reading,
the words were written
on their hearts,
the words written on the scroll.


Photograph: The Great Isaiah Scroll of the Dead Seas Scrolls, via Live Science.

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