Discovery Box| (0.24) | Isa 49:20 |
| Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, 1 make room for us so we can live here.’ 2 |
| (0.24) | Isa 49:25 |
| Indeed,” says the Lord, “captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children. |
| (0.24) | Isa 51:7 |
| Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! 1 Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse! |
| (0.24) | Isa 51:11 |
| Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, 1 happiness and joy will overwhelm 2 them; grief and suffering will disappear. 3 |
| (0.24) | Isa 53:7 |
| He was treated harshly and afflicted, 1 but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth. 2 |
| (0.24) | Isa 54:6 |
| “Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, 1 like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God. |
| (0.24) | Isa 55:3 |
| Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! 1 Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to 2 you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David. 3 |
| (0.24) | Isa 55:13 |
| Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the Lord, 1 a permanent reminder that will remain. 2 |
| (0.24) | Isa 57:8 |
| Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. 1 Indeed, 2 you depart from me 3 and go up and invite them into bed with you. 4 You purchase favors from them, 5 you love their bed, and gaze longingly 6 on their genitals. 7 |
| (0.24) | 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 |
| (0.24) | Isa 58:3 |
| They lament, 1 ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, 2 you oppress your workers. 3 |
| (0.24) | Isa 58:7 |
| I want you 1 to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. 2 When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 3 |
| (0.24) | Isa 58:11 |
| The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. 1 He will give you renewed strength, 2 and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water. |
| (0.24) | Isa 59:13 |
| We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up 1 oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds. 2 |
| (0.24) | Isa 59:17 |
| He wears his desire for justice 1 like body armor, 2 and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. 3 He puts on the garments of vengeance 4 and wears zeal like a robe. |
| (0.24) | Isa 60:18 |
| Sounds of violence 1 will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of 2 destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’ and your gates, ‘Praise.’ |
| (0.24) | Isa 61:7 |
| Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; 1 instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. 2 Yes, 3 they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy. |
| (0.24) | Isa 62:8 |
| The Lord swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: 1 “I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce. |
| (0.24) | Isa 63:9 |
| Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. 1 The messenger sent from his very presence 2 delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected 3 them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. 4 |
| (0.24) | Isa 64:6 |
| We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. 1 We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind. |
