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"It is not in the heavens, that you should say, "Who among us can go up to the heavens and get it for us and impart it to us, that we may observe it?" (...) No, the thing is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it". Deuteronomy
Let not the foreigner say, Who is joined to GOD, “ GOD will keep me apart from this covenanted people”; And let not the eunuch say, “I am a withered tree.”
I will give them, in My House And within My walls, A monument and a name Better than sons or daughters. I will give them an everlasting name That shall not perish.
As for the foreigners Who are joined to GOD, To render service, And to love GOD’s name, To be devoted servants— All who keep the sabbath and do not profane it, And who hold fast to My covenant—
I will bring them to My sacred mount And let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices Shall be welcome on My altar; For My House shall be called A house of prayer for all peoples.”
"Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever And you know that she's half crazy, and that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China And just when you want to tell her that you have no love to give her She gets you on her wavelength, and lets the river answer That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you think you'll maybe trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind
And Jesus was a sailor when He walked upon the water And He spent a long time watching from a lonely wooden tower And when He knew for certain only drowning men could see Him He said all men shall be sailors then until the sea shall free them But He himself was broken long before the sky would open Forsaken almost human, He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with Him And you want to travel blind And you think you'll maybe trust Him For He's touched your perfect body with His mind
Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever And the sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of The Harbor And she shows you where to look amid the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust her For you've touched her perfect body with your mind"
בן אדם ארץ כי תחטא לי למעל מעל ונטיתי ידי עליה ושברתי לה מטה לחם והשלחתי בה רעב והכרתי ממנה אדם ובהמה
O mortal, if a land were to sin against Me and commit a trespass, and I stretched out My hand against it and broke its staff of bread, and sent famine against it and cut off man and beast from it,
והיו שלשת האנשים האלה בתוכה נח דנאל [דניאל] ואיוב המה בצדקתם ינצלו נפשם נאם אדני יהוה
even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—should be in it, they would by their righteousness save only themselves—declares the Lord GOD.