Thematic Bible: The duty of remembering


Thematic Bible





“When I scatter them among the peoples,
They will remember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and come back.


When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses.”


When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches,


“While I was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.


On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;


In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.


This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,


But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.

You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.


But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue.




“When I scatter them among the peoples,
They will remember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and come back.


When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses.”


When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches,


“While I was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.