Take-home slipsIsaiah 53:4

How to learn a verseYLT

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

Isaiah 53:4 Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains — he hath carried them, And we — we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains — he hath carried them, And we — we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Surely our sicknesses ___ hath borne, And ___ pains — he hath ______ them, And we — ___ have esteemed him ______, Smitten of God, ___ afflicted.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Surely ___ ______ he ____ _____, And ___ _____ — he ____ ______ them, ___ ___ — we ____ ______ him ______, ______ of ___, ___ afflicted.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S o s h h b, A o p — h h c t, A w — w h e h p, 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 verseYLT

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

Isaiah 53:4 Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains — he hath carried them, And we — we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains — he hath carried them, And we — we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Surely our sicknesses ___ hath borne, And ___ pains — he hath ______ them, And we — ___ have esteemed him ______, Smitten of God, ___ afflicted.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Surely ___ ______ he ____ _____, And ___ _____ — he ____ ______ them, ___ ___ — we ____ ______ him ______, ______ of ___, ___ afflicted.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S o s h h b, A o p — h h c t, A w — w h e h p, 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.