Wow! Took me ages to find my 'Bible' [house is a bit disrupted at the moment due to 'works in progess' etc] and then ages to find this thread!
A quick recap of my progress Linna; I've made a good inroad into the 'Prohetical Books', and have completed Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah, Zephania, Nahum and Habakkuk. I'm most of the way through Jeremiah, and still have Lamentations, Ezekiel, The Unknown prophet, Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Joel and Malachi to read.
How have I fared with them? hmmm...
Given that some time has passed since I read most of them, I don't recall finding them terribly easy going to be honest. The 'fire and brimstone' approach of much of the content, together with the more 'poetical' nature of the books does make for a harder read in my case. Oddly it is, I think, the latter fact that seems to be making the difference. My 'literature-ised' version swaps between prose and poetical presentation of the text [the bulk being in the traditional 'lines' of poetry, and the verse, not having an easy 'meter' to discern [ala much westen poetry] does not flow easily from the page to the eye [or to the mind via the eye]. I have had more sucess with the perhaps more well known material of Isiah and Jeremiah simply because it [as well as being peppered with 'quotes' that I recognize] is largely presented in prose form - well Jeremiah at least. Some of the more obscure works were hard going also because of the seriously angry and vengefull tone of the words spoken. They cut very little slack for normal human frailty, which I posess Linna in bucketloads [
]. I'm currently at the point where Jeremiah is prophesying a return to Jerusalem of the captive elements of the Peoples of Isreal and Judea [carried off by Nebuchadrezzar [my Book's spelling] and of course this is of particular interest by virtue of the fact that it is an area of the Bible that is confirmed by alternative historical scources as having actually occured; it serves as a salutary reminder that not only is the Bible a collection of huge religious significance, a high point of literary achievement of human-kind, but also an invaluable historical record of the earliest days of mankind following the development of 'civillisation'. Fantastic!
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
. I will pick up the trail again now under your most gentle of persuasion, and let you know where I stand. IIRC I was into some quite obscure and difficult characters in my last readings and would gladly know your thoughts on them. Give me a day or two to recap and I'll come back to you. 
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