Discovery Box| (0.14) | Amo 3:5 |
| Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something? |
| (0.14) | Amo 4:1 |
| Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan 1 who live on Mount Samaria! You 2 oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your 3 husbands, “Bring us more to drink!” 4 |
| (0.14) | Amo 6:2 |
| They say to the people: 1 “Journey over to Calneh and look at it! Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah! 2 Then go down to Gath of the Philistines! Are they superior to our two 3 kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?” 4 |
| (0.14) | Amo 7:10 |
| Amaziah the priest of Bethel 1 sent this message 2 to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! 3 The land cannot endure all his prophecies. 4 |
| (0.14) | Amo 8:5 |
| You say, “When will the new moon festival 1 be over, 2 so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, 3 so we can open up the grain bins? 4 We’re eager 5 to sell less for a higher price, 6 and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! 7 |
| (0.14) | Amo 8:12 |
| People 1 will stagger from sea to sea, 2 and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a revelation from 3 the Lord, but they will not find any. 4 |
| (0.14) | Amo 8:14 |
| These are the ones who now take oaths 1 in the name of the sinful idol goddess 2 of Samaria. They vow, 3 ‘As surely as your god 4 lives, O Dan,’ or ‘As surely as your beloved one 5 lives, O Beer Sheba!’ But they will fall down and not get up again.” |
| (0.14) | Amo 9:14 |
| I will bring back my people, Israel; 1 they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble 2 and settle down. 3 They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; 4 they will grow orchards 5 and eat the fruit they produce. 6 |
| (0.14) | Oba 1:3 |
| Your presumptuous heart 1 has deceived you – you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, 2 whose home is high in the mountains. 3 You think to yourself, 4 ‘No one can 5 bring me down to the ground!’ 6 |
| (0.14) | Oba 1:15 |
| “For the day of the Lord 1 is approaching 2 for all the nations! 3 Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve. 4 |
| (0.14) | Jon 1:7 |
| The sailors said to one another, 1 “Come on, let’s cast lots 2 to find out 3 whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us. 4 ” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out. 5 |
| (0.14) | Jon 4:6 |
| The Lord God appointed 1 a little plant 2 and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue 3 him from his misery. 4 Now Jonah was very delighted 5 about the little plant. |
| (0.14) | Jon 4:9 |
| God said to Jonah, “Are you really so very angry 1 about the little plant?” And he said, “I am as angry 2 as I could possibly be!” 3 |
| (0.14) | Jon 4:10 |
| The Lord said, “You were upset 1 about this little 2 plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day. 3 |
| (0.14) | Mic 1:11 |
| Residents 1 of Shaphir, 2 pass by in nakedness and humiliation! 3 The residents of Zaanan can’t leave their city. 4 Beth Ezel 5 mourns, 6 “He takes from you what he desires.” 7 |
| (0.14) | Mic 1:13 |
| Residents of Lachish, 1 hitch the horses to the chariots! You 2 influenced Daughter Zion 3 to sin, 4 for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back 5 to you! |
| (0.14) | Mic 2:2 |
| They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. 1 They defraud people of their homes, 2 and deprive people of the land they have inherited. 3 |
| (0.14) | Mic 2:11 |
| If a lying windbag should come and say, 1 ‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ 2 he would be just the right preacher for these people! 3 |
| (0.14) | Mic 7:3 |
| They are determined to be experts at doing evil; 1 government officials and judges take bribes, 2 prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. 3 |
| (0.14) | Mic 7:9 |
| I must endure 1 the Lord’s anger, for I have sinned against him. But then 2 he will defend my cause, 3 and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand 4 his deliverance. 5 |
