Discovery Box| (0.21) | Isa 31:2 |
| Yet he too is wise 1 and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. 2 He will attack the wicked nation, 3 and the nation that helps 4 those who commit sin. 5 |
| (0.21) | Isa 39:3 |
| Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.” |
| (0.21) | Isa 40:11 |
| Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; 1 he leads the ewes along. |
| (0.21) | Isa 42:22 |
| But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits 1 and held captive 2 in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, “Bring that back!” 3 |
| (0.21) | Isa 43:14 |
| This is what the Lord says, your protector, 1 the Holy One of Israel: 2 “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, 3 turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. 4 |
| (0.21) | Isa 44:7 |
| Who is like me? Let him make his claim! 1 Let him announce it and explain it to me – since I established an ancient people – 2 let them announce future events! 3 |
| (0.21) | Isa 44:13 |
| A carpenter takes measurements; 1 he marks out an outline of its form; 2 he scrapes 3 it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, 4 like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. 5 |
| (0.21) | Isa 45:20 |
| Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver. |
| (0.21) | Isa 45:23 |
| I solemnly make this oath 1 – what I say is true and reliable: 2 ‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm; 3 |
| (0.21) | Isa 46:7 |
| They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not 1 move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress. |
| (0.21) | Isa 47:12 |
| Persist 1 in trusting 2 your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited 3 since your youth! Maybe you will be successful 4 – maybe you will scare away disaster. 5 |
| (0.21) | Isa 47:14 |
| Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat 1 of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy. 2 |
| (0.21) | Isa 49:13 |
| Shout for joy, O sky! 1 Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the 2 oppressed. |
| (0.21) | Isa 51:22 |
| This is what your sovereign master, 1 the Lord your God, says: “Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, 2 the goblet full of my anger. 3 You will no longer have to drink it. |
| (0.21) | Isa 57:10 |
| Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, 1 but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ 2 You get renewed energy, 3 so you don’t collapse. 4 |
| (0.21) | Isa 64:7 |
| No one invokes 1 your name, or makes an effort 2 to take hold of you. For you have rejected us 3 and handed us over to our own sins. 4 |
| (0.21) | Jer 4:19 |
| I said, 1 “Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! 2 I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! 3 My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; 4 the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul! 5 |
| (0.21) | Jer 9:22 |
| Tell your daughters and neighbors, ‘The Lord says, “The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered.”’” 1 |
| (0.21) | Jer 10:25 |
| Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. 1 Vent it on the peoples 2 who do not worship you. 3 For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. 4 They have completely destroyed them 5 and left their homeland in utter ruin. |
| (0.21) | Jer 13:21 |
| What will you say 1 when the Lord 2 appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? 3 Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby. 4 |
