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Babylon Will Be Destroyed
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Polish the arrows, Fill the quivers! The Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of Media, For His plan against Babylon is to destroy her. This is the vengeance of the Lord, Vengeance for His…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Punishment, Writing, Scribes, War, Violence

Categories:

Literature, Prophetic Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Diary
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Remember me, O my God, for the good (Nehemiah 5:19). Amen I began to write the first Torah Scroll, with the help of God, today, 2 Heshvan, the twenty-second of October, in the year 5302 [1541]. It…

Contributor:

Meir ben Ephraim of Padua

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1541–1580

Subjects:

Writing, Scribes, Profession, Economic life, Health

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Memoirs & Diaries
Prophecies of Consolation and Restoration
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord: Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: Write down in a scroll all the words that I have spoken to you. For days are coming—declares the…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Writing, Covenant, Eschatology, Diaspora, Scribes

Categories:

Literature, Prophetic Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry