Prayer for peace
SIR – Yesterday, the Telegraph’s Text for the Day (Announcements) was from the Book of Isaiah and read: “I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress.”
The verse continues: “No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days…”
How relevant this eighth-century BC prophet of Judah’s writing is to what is happening in the Middle East (“We were exhausted, hungry and scared’ – escape from a Gaza hospital”, telegraph.co.uk, November 15) and how the world is reacting (“Starmer to sack Labour rebels who vote for Gaza ceasefire”, report, November 15).
Robin Thomas
Thorverton, Devon
The verse continues: “No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days…”
How relevant this eighth-century BC prophet of Judah’s writing is to what is happening in the Middle East (“We were exhausted, hungry and scared’ – escape from a Gaza hospital”, telegraph.co.uk, November 15) and how the world is reacting (“Starmer to sack Labour rebels who vote for Gaza ceasefire”, report, November 15).
Robin Thomas
Thorverton, Devon
