And I say unto you Arabs, the Sons of Ishmael, Esau, and Ham,

“Be calm. Let your tempestuousness subside, Lest you, too, be effaced from off the

Earth,

For you are only the Servants of your brother Israel and your half-brother Isaac.

To them has gone the blessing and to you all the rest — and lest you wish more

Of the curse than you have already drunk so deeply of these many centuries,

Be generous to and magnanimous towards them, be gentle and protect them

As, indeed, being older and stronger by far you should;

For I have given the Land unto them as an Eternal resting place for My Glory forever.

To them, I have given the stones, the hills, and the religious places — and to you,

all the rest,

All the seas of the desert, under which lie such vast pools of oil and such wealth —

and the other Lands,

For Ishmael shall indeed be a great Nation and the father of many princes,

But you must put aside your anger, your pride — your venom at these your younger

brothers

Who have been chastened in the fires of affliction and annealed in the furnaces of

destruction,

Work with them, cooperate with them, for only through their hand and their blessing

Will I allow your land to blossom, your wilderness to bloom, your wastelands to regain

their fertility.

They are your charge and your legacy to protect but only through their inheritance

will you be blessed —

Indeed, you shall once again become a mighty People but only through their blessing

will yours also be fertilized;

So cherish them, keep them, turn the anger in your hearts away from them, and

put it to more constructive use.”

Horse and Rider has the Lord Overthrown in the Desert: A new song of Miriam, June 7th-11th, 1967