Analysis of Prophecy of Zacharias



Bless the Lord God of Israel,
For He visited and redeemed;
His people on the shining hill,
Punished all those who have blasphemed.

He raised a horn of salvation,
In the house of His servant;
Giving us a new foundation,
Crushing the head of the serpent.

He spoke to the prophets of old,
Which has been since the world started;
We should be saved as He has told,
From the foes that are hard-hearted.

He shows us mercy as promised,
And remembers His covenant;
As written by every palmist,
When the danger looks imminent.

The oath that the Lord swore to grant,
And able to be delivered;
Without fear of serving we plant,
Where we righteously endeavored.

In holiness before Him always,
Righteous the days of our life;
We go for preparing His ways,
As we tolerate all the strife.

He gives knowledge of salvation,
For the forgiveness of their sin;
Tender mercy to a nation,
Having a newness to begin.

The sunrise visits from on high,
Gives light on the shadow of death;
For the Lord is our ally,
The peace that gives us righteous breath.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE XCXC FGFG HIHI BJBJ KLKL X
Poetic Form
Metre 10111100 11100001 11010101 1011111 11011010 0011110 10101010 10011010 11101011 11110110 11111111 10111110 11110110 00101100 110110010 10101100 01101111 01011010 01111011 11100010 01000111 10011101 11101011 1110101 11101010 10010111 10101010 10010101 0110111 1110111 10111010 01111101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,078
Words 232
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Zechariah's Prophecy Luke 1:68-79

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Written on December 05, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on December 04, 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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