A Scourge of Small Chords

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Zeno

The Keymaker 🔑

Progressive Metal, Microtonal Jazz Fusion

For the zeal of thine house
 hath eaten me up; 
and the reproaches of them 
that reproached thee 
are fallen upon me.

When I wept, 
and chastened my soul with fasting, 
that was to my reproach.

I made sackcloth also my garment; 
and I became a proverb to them. 
They that sit in the gate speak against me; 
and I was the song of the drunkards.

Behold, I will send my messenger, 
and he shall prepare the way before me: 
and the Lord, whom ye seek, 
shall suddenly come to his temple, 
even the messenger of the covenant, 
whom ye delight in:

behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
But who may abide the day of his coming? 
and who shall stand when he appeareth? 
for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: 
and he shall purify the sons of Levi, 
and purge them as gold and silver, 
that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem 
be pleasant unto the Lord, 
as in the days of old, and as in former years.
And I will come near to you to judgment;

and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, 
Holiness Unto The Lord; 
and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem 
and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts:

and all they that sacrifice shall come 
and take of them, 
and seethe therein: 
and in that day there shall be no more
 the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.

Is this house, which is called by my name, 
become a den of robbers in your eyes? 
Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

And the multitude said, 
This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

And when he was come near, 
he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, 
at least in this thy day,
 the things which belong unto thy peace! 
but now they are hid from thine eyes.

For the days shall come upon thee, 
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, 
and keep thee in on every side,

And shall lay thee even with the ground, 
and thy children within thee;
and they shall not leave in thee 
one stone upon another; 
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

And when he had made a scourge of small cords, 
he drove them all out of the temple, 
and the sheep, and the oxen;
and poured out the changers' money, 
and overthrew the tables;

Saying unto them, It is written, 
My house is the house of prayer: 
but ye have made it a den of thieves.

And his disciples remembered that it was written, 
The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; 
and he healed them.

And when the chief priests and scribes
 saw the wonderful things that he did, 
and the children crying in the temple, and saying, 
Hosanna to the son of David; 
they were sore displeased,

And said unto him, 
Hearest thou what these say?

And Jesus saith unto them, 
Yea; have ye never read, 
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings 
thou hast perfected praise?

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, 
What sign shewest thou unto us, 
seeing that thou doest these things?

Jesus answered and said unto them, 
Destroy this temple, 
and in three days I will raise it up.

Then said the Jews, 
Forty and six years was this temple in building, 
and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

But he spake of the temple of his body.

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, 
and make them joyful in my house of prayer: 
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
shall be accepted upon mine altar; 
for mine house shall be called an house of prayer 
for all people.

[spoken]
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up....

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For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness Unto The Lord; and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts. Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord. And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. [spoken] For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up....

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