Seventeen


1

The name of YHVH, the Creator
is written and engraved
above, below, and on all sides
of this, the creation,
for it is His;

2

And the shekhinah of YHVH is in the Tabernacles,
and in the temples,
and in the tents of the tallitot:
Seek Him there.

3

And at the first, in Israel, there was only the Tabernacle,
but with kings came the desire
to tie down the dwelling place of YHVH:

4

And who could contain El Elyon?
Not you, O man!

5

Yet YHVH did allow the temples to be built;
yet these were not built for YHVH,
but for Israel!

6

And what thanks did you give?
Letting strange elohim into these holy places;

7

And so it shall be that when Israel shall fall,
and she shall fall,
even as YHVH declared,
for did He not say:

8

Because they be a stiff-necked people, it shall be
that when they shall keep my mitzvoth,
they shall be blessed upon the face of this land,

9

And there shall be none to molest them
nor to take away from them the lands of their inheritance;

10

And they shall be a blessed people
upon the promised land forever:

11

And nothing, save it shall be iniquity among them,
shall harm or disturb their prosperity
upon the face of this land forever:

12

But if iniquity shall abound,
cursed shall be the land for their sakes;
but unto the righteous, it shall be blessed forever.

13

And we see that Israel to the north has fallen,
and what then shall be the fate of Judah
if we do not keep the Torah?

14

What shall be our fate
when we pollute the temples of YHVH?

15

What shall be our fate
when we do go burning incense to other strange elohim?

16

Would we not share their fate?
For we too are Israel,
the seed of Jacob.

17

And this I know, for I have seen
the temple in Jerusalem, that holy dwelling,
burnt, and ransacked, and the things of YHVH brought out
to mock Israel.

18

And YHVH has shown me, and I have seen
our enemies go before us,
mocking.

19

And then shall a man of YHVH come forth, saying:
All who honored her debase her
because they have seen her nakedness.

20

And why should YHVH protect
the resting place of the Torah
that is not kept in your heart,
O Israel?

21

Wherefore,
YHVH shall again remove the ark of the testimony from Israel;
yea He will take it away
and then it must be written upon our hearts,
O Judah.

22

This I have foreseen,
and this warning you shall ignore;
and yet this is for a wise purpose in YHVH,
for El’Olam does know.

23

And you shall see, O Judah,
that the house of YHVH is built in Her wisdom,
for YHVH does know
that Shekinah did build the house of YHVH
in seven pillars;

24

And YHVH does hold up Her seven pillars,
and His waters, they nourish them,
and the righteous do eat of the fruit therein.

25

And in the darkness, a light does shine forth
from His secret place,

26

And all they that go about in search of Truth
are given the secret doctrines,
and they sing in hymns of worship.

27

And this is even as Abram and Sarai
who left Egypt
and ascended into the mysteries of YHVH,

28

And were reborn Abraham and Sarah
and learned Her secret wisdom
and were true and faithful in their worship.

29

O Israel, O Judah!
O that you would also be true and faithful to YHVH
who did keep the covenant of our fathers and our mothers!

30

But were we faithful?
No.

31

And because we have asked for this divorcement,
YHVH will watch over us
as it is we who have retreated back into Egypt;

32

But the Torah of YHVH shall never be taken,
so long as we keep her written in our hearts:

33

And in this shall the Word of YHVH be written
upon all the creation around us,
and upon our hearts within;
in this is the salvation of Israel.