Discovery Box| (0.15) | Jer 1:16 |
| In this way 1 I will pass sentence 2 on the people of Jerusalem and Judah 3 because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.” 4 |
| (0.15) | Jer 2:5 |
| This is what the Lord says: “What fault could your ancestors 1 have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? 2 They paid allegiance to 3 worthless idols, and so became worthless to me. 4 |
| (0.15) | Jer 2:33 |
| “My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! 1 Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two! 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 2:36 |
| Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? 1 You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria. 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 5:28 |
| That is how 1 they have grown fat and sleek. 2 There is no limit to the evil things they do. 3 They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor. |
| (0.15) | Jer 6:14 |
| They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. 1 They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right! 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 7:3 |
| The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. 2 If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 7:5 |
| You must change 1 the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 7:12 |
| So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped 1 in the early days. See what I did to it 2 because of the wicked things my people Israel did. |
| (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 8:9 |
| Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. 1 Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have? |
| (0.15) | Jer 8:11 |
| They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people 1 have suffered. 2 They say, “Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right! 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 9:8 |
| Their tongues are like deadly arrows. 1 They are always telling lies. 2 Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them. 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 10:10 |
| The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury. |
| (0.15) | Jer 14:12 |
| Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. 1 Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.” 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 15:4 |
| I will make all the people in all the kingdoms of the world horrified at what has happened to them because of what Hezekiah’s son Manasseh, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.” 1 |
| (0.15) | Jer 15:5 |
| The Lord cried out, 1 “Who in the world 2 will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough 3 to inquire about how you are doing? 4 |
| (0.15) | Jer 17:3 |
| and on the mountains and in the fields. 1 I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price 2 for the sins you have committed throughout your land. |
| (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 17:10 |
| I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. 1 I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done. |
