Take-home slipsJeremiah 30:17

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:

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.'

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.'
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For I will ______ health unto thee, ___ I will heal ____ of thy wounds, _____ the LORD; because ____ have called thee ___ outcast: 'She is ____, there is none ____ careth for her.'
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ___ ____ restore ______ ____ thee, ___ ___ will ____ ____ of ___ ______, saith ___ ____; because ____ ____ called ____ ___ outcast: '___ ___ Zion, _____ ___ none ____ ______ for ___.'
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F I w r h u t, a I w h t o t w, s t L; b t h c t a o: 'S i Z, t i n t c f h.'
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Jeremiah 30:17

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:

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.'

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.'
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.For I will ______ health unto thee, ___ I will heal ____ of thy wounds, _____ the LORD; because ____ have called thee ___ outcast: 'She is ____, there is none ____ careth for her.'
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.For ___ ____ restore ______ ____ thee, ___ ___ will ____ ____ of ___ ______, saith ___ ____; because ____ ____ called ____ ___ outcast: '___ ___ Zion, _____ ___ none ____ ______ for ___.'
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.F I w r h u t, a I w h t o t w, s t L; b t h c t a o: 'S i Z, t i n t c f h.'
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Jeremiah 30:17

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