Honey Drop 26: The Known and the Knowing

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“So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 38:23 

The scene

A linguist studies ancient verbs in exile. She’s lost her homeland, her library, and her students. One night, she dreams of a scroll unrolling in fire. Two words glow: He was known. They knew. She wakes weeping—not for what she’s lost, but for what cannot be unlearned.

The comfort – the tension

Two perfect verbs. One divine, one human. 
וְנ֣וֹדַעְתִּ֔י — I was made known. 
וְיָדְע֖וּ — They knew. 
God reveals Himself not as a whisper but as a wonder. His greatness and holiness are not hidden—they are hurled into the eyes of the nations. And when He is known, they know. Not partially. Not tentatively. But perfectly.

The drop

Sweetness Drop: 
He made Himself known. And they knew. 
This is not the knowledge of scholars, but of seers. Not the logic of proof, but the fire of presence. 
And the nations—many, once blind—now see.

Poetic Flash:

He was known— 
not whispered, not guessed, 
but flamed into vision, 
etched into the eyes of many.

They knew— 
not by study, 
but by the shudder of glory 
that does not ask permission to be seen.