Take-home slipsIsaiah 55:11

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

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

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.So shall My ____ be that goeth _____ out of My _____: it shall not ______ unto Me void, ______ it accomplish that _____ I please, and ____ the thing whereto ___ sent it prosper.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.So _____ ___ word ___ ____ goeth _____ ___ of ___ _____: it _____ ___ return ____ ___ void, ______ ___ accomplish ____ _____ I ______, ___ make ___ _____ whereto ___ ____ it ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S s M w b t g f o o M m: i s n r u M v, e i a t w I p, a m t t w I s i p.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 55:11

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

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

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

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.So shall My ____ be that goeth _____ out of My _____: it shall not ______ unto Me void, ______ it accomplish that _____ I please, and ____ the thing whereto ___ sent it prosper.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.So _____ ___ word ___ ____ goeth _____ ___ of ___ _____: it _____ ___ return ____ ___ void, ______ ___ accomplish ____ _____ I ______, ___ make ___ _____ whereto ___ ____ it ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S s M w b t g f o o M m: i s n r u M v, e i a t w I p, a m t t w I s i p.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 55:11

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