Discovery Box| (0.15) | Jer 6:20 |
| I take no delight 1 when they offer up to me 2 frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’ 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 6:29 |
| The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. 1 The process of refining them has proved useless. 2 The wicked have not been purged. |
| (0.15) | Jer 7:21 |
| The Lord said to the people of Judah, 1 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 2 says: ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too! 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 7:22 |
| Consider this: 1 When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices. |
| (0.15) | Jer 8:7 |
| Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. 1 The turtledove, swallow, and crane 2 recognize 3 the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to 4 what I, the Lord, require of them. 5 |
| (0.15) | Jer 9:11 |
| The Lord said, 1 “I will make Jerusalem 2 a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. 3 I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them.” |
| (0.15) | Jer 9:16 |
| I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors 1 have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords 2 until I have destroyed them.’” 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 10:7 |
| Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, 1 because you deserve to be revered. 2 For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 10:21 |
| For our leaders 1 are stupid. They have not sought the Lord’s advice. 2 So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for 3 have all been scattered. |
| (0.15) | Jer 11:14 |
| So, Jeremiah, 1 do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. 2 For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.” 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 12:2 |
| You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. 1 They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. 2 They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you. 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 12:12 |
| A destructive army 1 will come marching over the hilltops in the desert. For the Lord will use them as his destructive weapon 2 against 3 everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe. 4 |
| (0.15) | Jer 14:3 |
| The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, 1 but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers 2 empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands. 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 14:6 |
| Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.” 1 |
| (0.15) | Jer 15:7 |
| The Lord continued, 1 “In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. 2 I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior. 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 15:13 |
| I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land. |
| (0.15) | Jer 15:14 |
| I will make you serve your enemies 1 in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.” |
| (0.15) | Jer 17:6 |
| They will be like a shrub 1 in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live. |
| (0.15) | Jer 20:18 |
| Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame. 1 |
| (0.15) | Jer 22:17 |
| But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression. 1 |
