Rantings of an Apprentice Polymath

from the prophet Isaiah

stfrancis:

On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples
                                            a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
                                                                      of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
                                                     And he will swallow up on this mountain
                                                                                 the covering that is cast over all peoples,
                                                                               the veil that is spread over all nations.

He will swallow up death forever;
                                                                                             and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces,
                                                           and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
                                     for the LORD has spoken.
                                                                                                        It will be said on that day,
                                                                                                         “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.
                             This is the LORD; we have waited for him;
                                                                               let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Criticizing Biblical language is one of the arrows in the sling of the rampant empiricist. This, however, cannot be said to be anything other than moving, captivating, and wholly uplifting.