Take-home slipsHabakkuk 3:17-18

How to learn a verseBrenton Septuagint

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Habakkuk 3:17-18 For though the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs; yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Saviour.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For though the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs; yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Saviour.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For though the ___-tree shall bear ___ fruit, and there _____ be no produce ___ the vines; the ______ of the olive _____ fail, and the ______ shall produce no ____: the sheep have ______ from the pasture, ___ there are no ____ at the cribs; ___ I will exult ___ the Lord, I ____ joy in God ___ Saviour.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ______ ___ fig-____ _____ bear ___ _____, and _____ _____ be ___ ______ on ___ _____; the ______ ___ the _____ _____ fail, ___ ___ fields _____ ______ no ____: ___ sheep ____ ______ from ___ ______, and _____ ___ no ____ ___ the _____; ___ I ____ _____ in ___ ____, I ____ ___ in ___ ___ Saviour.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F t t f-t s b n f, a t s b n p o t v; t l o t o s f, a t f s p n f: t s h f f t p, a t a n o a t c; y I w e i t L, I w j i G m S.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Habakkuk 3:17-18

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseBrenton Septuagint

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Habakkuk 3:17-18 For though the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs; yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Saviour.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For though the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs; yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Saviour.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For though the ___-tree shall bear ___ fruit, and there _____ be no produce ___ the vines; the ______ of the olive _____ fail, and the ______ shall produce no ____: the sheep have ______ from the pasture, ___ there are no ____ at the cribs; ___ I will exult ___ the Lord, I ____ joy in God ___ Saviour.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ______ ___ fig-____ _____ bear ___ _____, and _____ _____ be ___ ______ on ___ _____; the ______ ___ the _____ _____ fail, ___ ___ fields _____ ______ no ____: ___ sheep ____ ______ from ___ ______, and _____ ___ no ____ ___ the _____; ___ I ____ _____ in ___ ____, I ____ ___ in ___ ___ Saviour.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F t t f-t s b n f, a t s b n p o t v; t l o t o s f, a t f s p n f: t s h f f t p, a t a n o a t c; y I w e i t L, I w j i G m S.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Habakkuk 3:17-18

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.