Igniting a passion to
explore the depth and
beauty of Bible Poetry

  • New to Bible Poetry? We’d love to share with you the poetic gems we’ve found so far - through short youtube videos, workshops, and sermons.

  • God’s inspired word is filled with poetic gems and how exciting it is to discover them. We have created a web app with study tools so you can discover for yourself!

“If we could actually hear God talking,
making His will manifest in words of the Hebrew language, what would He sound like? Since poetry is our best human model of intricately rich communication, not only solemn, weighty, and forceful but also densely woven with complex internal connections, meanings, and implications, it makes sense that divine speech should be represented as Poetry.”

- Robert Alter
The Art of Biblical Hebrew Poetry

Intro Video Script

It is NOT possible
to have a Deep Understanding of a poem
without analyzing its Poetic Devices

  • Some books in the Bible are written almost entirely as poetry - Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs; but did you know that the Prophets are mostly poetry as well?

Diagram illustrating the process of understanding the Word of God through poetic devices, starting from analysis and progressing through poetic devices to deep understanding, with an arrow pointing toward the word 'WOR<d> of God'.

Digging for Gems

  • Biblical Hebrew poetic devices are not often so straightforward. While the Bible has no shortage of invigorating imagery, metaphors, and rhymes, they also use Unfamiliar Techniques like chiasms, parallelisms, inclusios, and wordplays. To find and explore these poetic devices, some digging skills are required - including language and analysis skills. To help, we are creating a Bible Study Web App with Tools!

  • Poetic Devices are beautiful. They are intricately and masterfully crafted under God’s inspiration! Finding and admiring their Beauty is indeed an Gem in Itself! It’s a type of beautify that opens the eyes to a cosmic magnitude of awe and wonder and pulls at the heart in a way that plain words do not, bringing enjoyment to our inner being and stirring us to praise and worship. But Poetic devices are not purely decorative - read on!

  • Poetry is not purely decorative. Poetic devices are what the writer uses to capture and express deep mysteries about God and our relationship with Him. Thats why a Deep Understanding of the Writer’s Rich Message is the Real Gem that we are digging for. It is these type of gems that nourishes our souls and causes it to growth and flourish! But to obtain it, we must find and deciper the poetic devices.

Watch this Video
An Epic Gem in Psalm 139

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