Analysis of Judged Leaders



The Lord of Hosts will take away,
Supply and support for your bread;
Water dries up because you stray,
No longer what you have been fed.

The mighty man and the soldier,
The judge as well as the prophet;
Keeps vigilant on the stranger,
About his illegal merit.

The prudent captain of fifty,
The counselor and magician,
The charms expert who is thrifty,
Call upon the great physician.

The Lord will make boys their princes,
As infants shall rule over them;
Whose persuasive power convinces,
To change ways or He will condemn.

People will oppress each other,
Everyone his fellow neighbor;
The youth disrespects the elder,
Ever slothful in his labor.

A man takes hold of his brother,
And of the house of his father;
Having a cloak from another,
And not belonging to either.

For You shall be our leader,
Let the ruins be in Your hand;
Because you are a succeeder,
Able for voicing Your command.

Upon that day He shall speak out,
Swearing not to be a healer;
In His house, bread nor cloak will doubt,
For He will be a revealer.

For Jerusalem has stumbled,
As well as Judah has fallen;
Because the people have grumbled,
As to with Moses and Aaron.

Their speech and deeds were against God,
Defied His glorious presence;
Iniquities had made them flawed,
Disregarding His omnipresence.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG CCCC CCCC CHCH ICIC JFJF XKXK C
Poetic Form
Metre 01111101 01001111 10110111 11011111 01010010 01111010 11001010 01101010 01010110 01000010 01101110 10101010 01111110 11011101 101010010 11111101 10101110 1011010 0101010 1010110 01111110 01011110 10011010 01010110 11111010 10101011 011101 10110101 01111111 10111010 01111111 111101 10100110 11110110 01010110 11110010 11010011 01110010 11111 0101010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,325
Words 280
Sentences 11
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem Isaiah 3:1-8

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Written on April 05, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on April 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 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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