Analysis of Salvation for Zion



Listen to me who seek the Lord,
You have to pursue righteousness;
If you remain in one accord,
The Father will definitely bless.

Look at the rock that you were hewn,
Where you were dug from the quarry;
Temptations you are not immune,
Confession shows you are sorry.

Look unto those who did bore you,
For they were the ones who had called;
Raised and instructed to be true,
But you wound up becoming flawed.

For the Lord will comfort Zion,
He comforts all her waste places;
Like cubs guarded by the lion,
The Lord will shine His good graces.

Her desert is like a garden,
Gladness will be found within her;
Her wilderness is like Eden,
The voice of song will then occur.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 713
Words 154
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The LORD's Comfort for Zion. Isaiah 51:1-3

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Written on August 29, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on August 28, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

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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