Take-home slipsIsaiah 53:4

How to learn a verseKJV

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

Isaiah 53:4 ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.¶ Surely he hath _____ our griefs, and ______ our sorrows: yet ___ did esteem him ______, smitten of God, ___ afflicted.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.¶ Surely ___ ____ borne ___ ______, and ______ ___ sorrows: ___ ___ did ______ ___ stricken, ______ ___ God, ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.¶ S h h b o g, a c o s: y w d e h s, s o G, a a.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 53:4

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

How to learn a verseKJV

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

Isaiah 53:4 ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.¶ Surely he hath _____ our griefs, and ______ our sorrows: yet ___ did esteem him ______, smitten of God, ___ afflicted.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.¶ Surely ___ ____ borne ___ ______, and ______ ___ sorrows: ___ ___ did ______ ___ stricken, ______ ___ God, ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.¶ S h h b o g, a c o s: y w d e h s, s o G, a a.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 53:4

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