Poetry

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Be silent before the Lord,
The day of the Lord is near;
Preparedness not be ignored,
Consecrated to revere.

His sacrifice on that day,
He will punish officials;
Of His rule who disobey,
Wearing foreign apparels.

Those with violence and fraud,
And leap over the threshold;
Worshipping another god,
Will then see His wrath unfold.

Cries be heard from the fish gate,
Wails from the second quarter;
From the hills for shouts of hate,
Death of your son and daughter.

Inhabitants of Mortar,
All the traders are no more;
Gold worthless to exporter,
Weight of silver ignore.

Search Jerusalem with lamps,
He will punish the smug men;
Those who will sleep with the vamps,
In brothels time and again.

They say the Lord will do ill,
That He will never do good;
As Satan will do evil,
People will stand where he stood.

Their goods then shall be plundered,
As their houses are laid to waste;
And their vineyards are sundered,
The wine will have a bad taste.

The day of the Lord is near,
And be waiting on their path;
For those who do not revere,
They will be feeling His wrath.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer

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