Discovery Box| (0.47) | Jer 1:9 |
| Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me. 1 |
| (0.47) | Jer 2:11 |
| Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, 1 for a god that cannot help them at all! 2 |
| (0.47) | Jer 2:34 |
| Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. 1 Yet, in spite of all these things you have done, 2 |
| (0.47) | Jer 3:3 |
| That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. 1 You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done. |
| (0.47) | Jer 4:13 |
| Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. 1 The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. 2 His horses move more swiftly than eagles.” I cry out, 3 “We are doomed, 4 for we will be destroyed!” |
| (0.47) | Jer 5:27 |
| Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, 1 their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. 2 That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 6:4 |
| They will say, 1 ‘Prepare to do battle 2 against it! Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’ But later they will say, 3 ‘Oh, oh! Too bad! 4 The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long. |
| (0.47) | Jer 6:7 |
| As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. 1 Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. 2 All I see are sick and wounded people.’ 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 6:10 |
| I answered, 1 “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? 2 Their ears are so closed 3 that they cannot hear! Indeed, 4 what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all. 5 |
| (0.47) | Jer 6:13 |
| “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit. |
| (0.47) | Jer 6:27 |
| The Lord said to me, 1 “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. 2 You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.” 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 7:4 |
| Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, 1 “We are safe! 2 The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!” 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 7:14 |
| So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, 1 this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, 2 just like I destroyed Shiloh. 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 8:8 |
| How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, 1 those who teach it 2 have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 9:17 |
| The Lord who rules over all 1 told me to say to this people, 2 “Take note of what I say. 3 Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!” 4 |
| (0.47) | Jer 12:1 |
| Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. 1 However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. 2 Why are wicked people successful? 3 Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives? |
| (0.47) | 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 |
| (0.47) | Jer 12:13 |
| My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. 1 They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests 2 because the Lord will take them away in his fierce anger. 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 13:20 |
| Then I said, 1 “Look up, Jerusalem, 2 and see the enemy 3 that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? 4 Where now are the ‘sheep’ that you take such pride in? 5 |
| (0.47) | Jer 13:23 |
| But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian 1 change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots? 2 |
