Discovery Box| (0.25) | Isa 36:11 |
| Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, “Speak to your servants in Aramaic, 1 for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Judahite dialect 2 in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” |
| (0.25) | Isa 40:22 |
| He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; 1 its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. 2 He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, 3 and spreads it out 4 like a pitched tent. 5 |
| (0.25) | Isa 41:23 |
| Predict how future events will turn out, 1 so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe. 2 |
| (0.25) | 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 |
| (0.25) | Isa 44:8 |
| Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! 1 Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; 2 I know of none. |
| (0.25) | Isa 44:11 |
| Look, all his associates 1 will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. 2 Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame. |
| (0.25) | Isa 48:8 |
| You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. 1 For I know that you are very deceitful; 2 you were labeled 3 a rebel from birth. |
| (0.25) | Isa 49:9 |
| You will say 1 to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons, 2 ‘Emerge.’ 3 They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture. |
| (0.25) | Isa 57:1 |
| The godly 1 perish, but no one cares. 2 Honest people disappear, 3 when no one 4 minds 5 that the godly 6 disappear 7 because of 8 evil. 9 |
| (0.25) | Isa 57:6 |
| Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. 1 You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance. 2 |
| (0.25) | Isa 63:16 |
| For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times. 1 |
| (0.25) | Jer 2:28 |
| But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that 1 you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah. |
| (0.25) | Jer 5:7 |
| The Lord asked, 1 “How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? 2 Your people 3 have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. 4 Even though I supplied all their needs, 5 they were like an unfaithful wife to me. 6 They went flocking 7 to the houses of prostitutes. 8 |
| (0.25) | Jer 6:16 |
| The Lord said to his people: 1 “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. 2 Ask where the old, reliable paths 3 are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing 4 and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said, “We will not follow it!” |
| (0.25) | Jer 6:23 |
| Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.’” 1 |
| (0.25) | Jer 10:5 |
| Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.” 1 |
| (0.25) | Jer 10:20 |
| But our tents have been destroyed. The ropes that held them in place have been ripped apart. 1 Our children are gone and are not coming back. 2 There is no survivor to put our tents back up, no one left to hang their tent curtains in place. |
| (0.25) | Jer 12:9 |
| The people I call my own attack me like birds of prey or like hyenas. 1 But other birds of prey are all around them. 2 Let all the nations gather together like wild beasts. Let them come and destroy these people I call my own. 3 |
| (0.25) | Jer 18:6 |
| “I, the Lord, say: 1 ‘O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? 2 In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter’s hand.’ |
| (0.25) | Jer 24:2 |
| One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. 1 The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten. |
