Then they took him and slew him at the passage of Jordan.
I will be the edge of God's knife.
Lord give me eyes to see what others may not.
I am a c*** ripe for the message.
We took only a hundred and forty-nine.
Shibboleth.
Our shibboleth was an age.
Ye are not incorruptible.
The whoring of our children. It is upon us.
Shibboleth...
The land is desolate, and the foxes walk upon it.
The mountain of Zion is desolate, and foxes walk upon it.[2]
Thou have utterly rejected us; thou are very wroth against us![3]
But it is upon us, the warlike transgressions of our nation.
Our shame will become a chorus of screams.
We did not intend a mockery of your will.
The spirit entered the c*** of my mind and made seed there.
Son of your father's sins, lift your feet from the earth. I will speak unto thee.
Ezekiel. Papa Knoth. He alone given ears to hear.
Godmongers. Pagan Easter. Pagan Christ Mass.
He that has a hand, let it guide the Lord's knife.
Hold fast to the name Sullivan Knoth.
Write upon my soul the name of God.
I will fear no man.
We are grateful for all things, for Thou created all things.
Hold me a place by Thy throne.
And for Thy pleasure they were and are created.
Fear none of those things which thou shall suffer.
You will know me, God, by my works.
You shall be tried. You shall see tribulation.
Thousands of eyes, black and intelligent.
Shining like the eyes of a beast ready for slaughter.
We shall hold fast to Thy crown.
Even as the Devil turns this world to a prison.
Knowledge of the Enemy, even at the Gate. Ramparts crumbling.
This world is the seat of Satan and we its martyrs.
And God you will know your enemies by the mortal wounds I paint upon them.
And the name of the city of God, which is Temple Gate.
Hey!
STOP!
Please, if I.... Will you ask your child to spare my family?
Even the devil must love his father. Please, please! Beg him for mercy...
Some cut too deep and got the windpipe and not the arteries. That makes a long time dying.
I know you was mine, even if Papa also furrowed your mama.
Behold a wheel. There upon the earth. As to all living creatures.
And I know you can hear me. I can hear you sometimes.
You tell God I never hurt you too bad.
But I cut careful, like I done on them lambs.
I wished there was a choice but there weren't.
Remember how mama used to call you her little lamb?
I know you wasn't the enemy.
Laughing. Carrying on. Clear as a bell because I didn't cut that windpipe.
And did the best I could to see it weren't any more loathsome than it had to be.
I gave you everything, Lord.
I am the chorus of screams!
Paradise! Paradise!
Agonies of the cross!
I alone was given ears to hear!
Agonies of His disregard!
You mockery of his will!
Heathens and gentiles and pharisees.
And the countenance of an angel of God.
How shall we order the child?
Offered unto the Lord.
Ascend in the flame of the altar.
Teach us what we shall do to the child unborn.
The flame will come. And the flame burned to destroy them.
Take it! Take it!
He got out the window!
Rejoice! Revel in the ecstasy of the Lord.
The sins of Zion are bound up and all debts to God come due.
There is wailing, there is pain, there is blood, but it is joyous all, for we are in the sorrows of a travailing woman, from this arbor is the place of the breaking forth of yes, the children of hell, but also the opportunity of our salvation.
For God is great and Knoth is his prophet, and Knoth will ransom us from the power of the grave.
Knoth will redeem us from death, for even redemption cannot be hid from the split eye.
We are robed in the crimson glory of revelation!
You don't turn your back on Papa Knoth. You don't turn your back on God.
Whore's beast.
I know what you are.
Whore's beast.
Devil.
A-ah! Over there!
... I... Hell.
Uh-ah? I-I ain't slept, I...
The flood will come. Inflamed blood to destroy them.
Despair is but denial of your lord God.
All praises be.
Trust unto the revelator!
I will turn onto you!
Pray for forgiveness.
Turn ye onto me!
I became the chorus of screams in the movement of the wheels.
And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
Though ye have done this, yet I will be avenged of you.
And after that I will cease.
Blood of Christ, let me drink your wine.
Soul of Christ, make me ready.
Father Knoth, guide my salvation.
Until you give me rest. Amen.
Defend me from the wicked world.
Kind Jesus, hear my prayer.
And ready me for the Devil's hour.
The spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and cords that were upon his arms became as flax that burnt with fire.[4]
Get inside. She's coming.
You smell that?
It's Marta! Come on.
Knoth's eye... It's her.
Father to the beast.
I'll bleed you in the yard.
He's under the floor!
A thousand eyes and everything a mouth!
Wings. And jaws. Inseparable even in sight.
Harden our hearts, Lord.
Jesus, give me strength.
His will be done.
I'm trying, Lord.
Be ye holy, for I am holy!
We are watchful in our fear, Lord.
Condemned to bear a mark of shame by those clothed in shame.
Ain't nowhere Val nor any Devil can hide her.
For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim.
Shall I tell thee?
Thou art barren and bearest not, but thou shall conceive.
Unborn the Prince of lies!
As he condemns Zion to sickness even unto death.
My frenzied eyes cast back in unworthy gulfs!
A more perfect consumption. A more. Perfect. Consumption.
Peace be unto you.
Rejoice in creation!
You are welcome in the kingdom of God.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine...
Thou dost but hate me. Thou lovest me not.
God's mercy upon you.
Reflect me in silvered glass.
Unto my father's house!
The prophet promised and it came to be.
She wept before him seven days.
No place for you in paradise.
Ain't nothing God's love can't get done.
I will turn unto you!
Blessed are the martyrs.
Father of lies.
God's love.
You... done this... to yourself.
Consume the flesh and spice it well. Let the bones be burned.[5]
Woe to the bloody city!
Her scum shall be in the fire.
Ye shall know!
These are my judgements onto ye!
Cut.
Flesh hooks.
Bleed her.
Apostates.
Blinded, burnt.
Children. All of them.
The princes of Babylon shall clothe themselves with trembling. They shall sit upon the ground. They shall be astonished at thee.[6]
... Fellate Judas.
In marrow.
I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease.
I will profane my sanctuary!
There.
The outsider.
Hey.
Slit eye. A knife's seed.
Thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon.
Thou shalt be built no more.
Beauty to rend the mind!
I will make him a pillar in the temple of God.
He's in the house!
He's upstairs!
He's out back!
Right there!
I got him! Over here!
Is he under the porch? Over there!
He's gone under the house like a damn dog!
Son of a bitch. Where in hell...?
He ain't here.
He's gotta be somewhere close.
Hey, look in that shed! There's something over there.
Fucking deer guts on a doorknob.
This fucker's slippery as a greased hog.
The bonfire of angels.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so a long time?[7]
The lord remainest forever, a throne from generations on generations.[8]
He was in the chapel! Hey! Hey!
The outsider! He was in the chapel!
Son of a bitch is slicker'n owl shit.
He's heading down for the bridge!
He's climbing the water tower!
Hey! The outsider's over yon, heading into the corn!
Hush a bye, don't you cry
Go to sleep you little baby
Suffer child
Day and night.
But some day you'll wake up in heaven.
Black and Pale
White and Red
Crowns of death upon the riders heads.
White and Red
Black and Pale
Don't no children sleep in hell.
Way down yonder, down in the valley
There's a poor little lamb.
Crows and kites plucking at her eyes
Poor little lamb, crying for her mother. Crying for her mother.
He back there? Abe, you see him?
He's running your way!
He's right behind you, god damnit!
Head him off!
In the fellowship of Temple Gate.
That I might defend your Creation.
Kill the King of Hell 'fore he even draws breath.
This is God's country. Papa's country.
Slit her belly.
They'll find her. They'll kill the baby.
This paradise will hold.
All them perversion. All them whores.
We gave you everything, Lord.
By the severed eye, give me vision.
Keep me close to you.
Those who defile God are blind and naked and know it not.
But be faithful until death, and God shall give you life.
Heal me in your wounds.
As Antipas smolders in his brazen ox.
That's far enough!
I wouldn't go down there for all the clean cunning in Zion.
What?
Eh... That's... Marta's piece.
Leave it.
Amen to that.
RAH! We tried...We tried to get her back!
Before the Enemy cracks her womb. But they...
They killed us. The lucky ones they killed.
Get out... We have to leave, we have to go!...
Ugh .. oh ..ugh .. shut up bitch.
References[]
↑Judges 12:6 "Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand."
↑Lamentation 5:18: Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
↑Lamentation 5:22: But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
↑Judges 15:14 "And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands."
↑Ezekiel 24:10: Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
↑Ezekiel 26:16: Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
↑Lamentation 5:20: Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
↑Lamentation 5:19: Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
