Discovery Box| (0.15) | Jer 40:8 |
| So 1 all these officers and their troops came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite. 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 40:9 |
| Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. 1 “Do not be afraid to submit to the Babylonians. 2 Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you. |
| (0.15) | Jer 40:14 |
| They said to him, “Are you at all aware 1 that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them. |
| (0.15) | Jer 41:6 |
| Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them. He was pretending to cry 1 as he walked along. When he met them, he said to them, “Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 42:11 |
| Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. 1 Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it! 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 44:3 |
| This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. 1 They made me angry 2 by worshiping and offering sacrifice to 3 other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors 4 previously knew. 5 |
| (0.15) | Jer 44:18 |
| But ever since we stopped sacrificing and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in great need. Our people have died in wars or of starvation.” 1 |
| (0.15) | Jer 46:5 |
| What do I see?” 1 says the Lord. 2 “The soldiers 3 are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; 4 they desert quickly without looking back. |
| (0.15) | Jer 48:33 |
| Joy and gladness will disappear from the fruitful land of Moab. 1 I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses. No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. 2 The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers, not the shouts of those making wine. 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 48:34 |
| Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. 1 They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up. |
| (0.15) | Jer 48:36 |
| So my heart moans for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song, my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres. For the wealth they have gained will perish. |
| (0.15) | Jer 49:10 |
| But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants. I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide. Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed. Not one of them will be left! |
| (0.15) | Jer 51:12 |
| Give the signal to attack Babylon’s wall! 1 Bring more guards! 2 Post them all around the city! 3 Put men in ambush! 4 For the Lord will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon. 5 |
| (0.15) | Jer 51:35 |
| The person who lives in Zion says, “May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.” Jerusalem says, “May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.” 1 |
| (0.15) | Lam 1:16 |
| ע (Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes 1 flow with tears. 2 For there is no one in sight who can comfort me 3 or encourage me. 4 My children 5 are desolated 6 because an enemy has prevailed. |
| (0.15) | Lam 2:9 |
| ט (Tet) Her city gates have fallen 1 to the ground; he smashed to bits 2 the bars that lock her gates. 3 Her king and princes were taken into exile; 4 there is no more guidance available. 5 As for her prophets, they no longer receive 6 a vision from the Lord. |
| (0.15) | Lam 2:18 |
| צ (Tsade) Cry out 1 from your heart 2 to the Lord, 3 O wall of Daughter Zion! 4 Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! 5 Do not rest; do not let your tears 6 stop! |
| (0.15) | Eze 2:6 |
| But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers 1 and thorns 2 surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, 3 for they are a rebellious house! |
| (0.15) | Eze 5:13 |
| Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. 1 Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy 2 when I have fully vented my rage against them. |
| (0.15) | Eze 14:21 |
| “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem 1 to kill both people and animals! |
