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97:5.1 These were the times when some were [[proclaiming]] threatenings of punishment against [[personal]] [[sins]] and [[national]] [[crime]] among the northern clans while others predicted [[calamity]] in retribution for the transgressions of the southern kingdom. It was in the wake of this arousal of [[conscience]] and [[consciousness]] in the [[Hebrew]] nations that the [http://www.archive.org/details/fourprophetsamos012976mbp first Isaiah] made his [[appearance]].

97:5.1 These were the times when some were [[proclaiming]] threatenings of punishment against [[personal]] [[sins]] and [[national]] [[crime]] among the northern clans while others predicted [[calamity]] in retribution for the transgressions of the southern kingdom. It was in the wake of this arousal of [[conscience]] and [[consciousness]] in the [[Hebrew]] nations that the [http://www.archive.org/details/fourprophetsamos012976mbp first Isaiah] made his [[appearance]].

97:5.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] went on to preach the [[eternal]] [[nature]] of [[God]], his [[infinite]] [[wisdom]], his unchanging [[perfection]] of reliability. He [[represented]] the [[God]] of [[Israel]] as saying: "Judgment also will I lay to the line and righteousness to the plummet."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.28] " The Lord will give you rest from your sorrow and from your fear and from the hard bondage wherein man has been made to serve."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.14] "And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, `this is the way, walk in it.' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.30] " Behold God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and my song. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.12] " `Come now and let us reason together,' says the Lord, `though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like the crimson, they shall be as wool.' "

97:5.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] went on to preach the [[eternal]] [[nature]] of [[God]], his [[infinite]] [[wisdom]], his unchanging [[perfection]] of reliability. He [[represented]] the [[God]] of [[Israel]] as saying: "Judgment also will I lay to the line and [[righteousness]] to the plummet."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.28] " The Lord will give you rest from your sorrow and from your [[fear]] and from the hard bondage wherein man has been made to serve."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.14] "And your ears shall hear a [[word]] behind you, saying, `this is the way, walk in it.' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.30] " Behold [[God]] is my [[salvation]]; I will [[trust]] and not be afraid, for the Lord is my [[strength]] and my [[song]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.12] " `Come now and let us [[reason]] together,' says the Lord, `though your [[sins]] be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like the crimson, they shall be as wool.' "

97:5.3 Speaking to the [[fear]]-ridden and [[soul]]-hungry [[Hebrews]], this [[prophet]] said: "Arise and shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.60] " The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to [[proclaim]] [[liberty]] to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.61] " I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my [[soul]] shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of [[salvation]] and has covered me with his robe of [[righteousness]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.61] " In all their [[afflictions]] he was afflicted, and the [[angel]] of his [[presence]] saved them. In his [[love]] and in his pity he redeemed them. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63]

97:5.3 Speaking to the [[fear]]-ridden and [[soul]]-hungry [[Hebrews]], this [[prophet]] said: "Arise and shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.60] " The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to [[proclaim]] [[liberty]] to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.61] " I will greatly [[rejoice]] in the Lord, my [[soul]] shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of [[salvation]] and has covered me with his robe of [[righteousness]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.61] " In all their [[afflictions]] he was afflicted, and the [[angel]] of his [[presence]] saved them. In his [[love]] and in his pity he redeemed them. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63]

97:5.4 This [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] was followed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micah Micah] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obadiah Obadiah], who [[confirmed]] and embellished his [[soul]]-satisfying gospel. And these two brave [[messengers]] boldly denounced the [[priest]]-ridden [[ritual]] of the [[Hebrews]] and fearlessly attacked the whole [[sacrificial]] [[system]].

97:5.4 This [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] was followed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micah Micah] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obadiah Obadiah], who [[confirmed]] and embellished his [[soul]]-satisfying gospel. And these two [[brave]] [[messengers]] boldly denounced the [[priest]]-ridden [[ritual]] of the [[Hebrews]] and fearlessly attacked the whole [[sacrificial]] [[system]].

97:5.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micah Micah] denounced "the rulers who [[judge]] for reward and the [[priests]] who teach for hire and the [[prophets]] who divine for [[money]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.2] He taught of a day of [[freedom]] from [[superstition]] and priestcraft, saying: "But every man shall sit under his own vine, and no one shall make him afraid, for all people will live, each one according to his understanding of God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.4]

97:5.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micah Micah] denounced "the rulers who [[judge]] for reward and the [[priests]] who teach for hire and the [[prophets]] who divine for [[money]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.2] He taught of a day of [[freedom]] from [[superstition]] and priestcraft, saying: "But every man shall sit under his own vine, and no one shall make him afraid, for all people will live, each one according to his [[understanding]] of [[God]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.4]

97:5.6 Ever the burden of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micah Micah]'s [[message]] was: "Shall I come before God with burnt offerings? Will the Lord be pleased with a thousand rams or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown me, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.6] And it was a great age; these were indeed stirring times when [[mortal]] man heard, and some even believed, such [[emancipating]] [[messages]] more than two and a half [[millenniums]] ago. And but for the stubborn [[resistance]] of the [[priests]], these [[teachers]] would have overthrown the whole bloody [[ceremonial]] of the [[Hebrew]] [[ritual]] of [[worship]].

97:5.6 Ever the burden of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micah Micah]'s [[message]] was: "Shall I come before God with [[Sacrifice|burnt offerings]]? Will the Lord be pleased with a thousand rams or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my [[body]] for the [[sin]] of my [[soul]]? He has shown me, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly and to [[love]] [[mercy]] and to walk [[humbly]] with your God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.6] And it was a great age; these were indeed stirring times when [[mortal]] man heard, and some even believed, such [[emancipating]] [[messages]] more than two and a half [[millenniums]] ago. And but for the stubborn [[resistance]] of the [[priests]], these [[teachers]] would have overthrown the whole bloody [[ceremonial]] of the [[Hebrew]] [[ritual]] of [[worship]].

==97:6. JEREMIAH THE FEARLESS==  

==97:6. JEREMIAH THE FEARLESS==