Discovery Box| (0.45) | Isa 56:3 |
| No foreigner who becomes a follower of 1 the Lord should say, ‘The Lord will certainly 2 exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say, ‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’” |
| (0.45) | 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 |
| (0.45) | Isa 59:9 |
| For this reason deliverance 1 is far from us 2 and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, 3 but see only darkness; 4 we wait for 5 a bright light, 6 but live 7 in deep darkness. 8 |
| (0.45) | Isa 60:11 |
| Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way. 1 |
| (0.45) | 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. |
| (0.45) | Isa 63:17 |
| Why, Lord, do you make us stray 1 from your ways, 2 and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? 3 Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance! |
| (0.45) | Isa 66:9 |
| “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God. 1 |
| (0.45) | Jer 1:17 |
| “But you, Jeremiah, 1 get yourself ready! 2 Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them. 3 |
| (0.45) | 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 |
| (0.45) | Jer 2:25 |
| Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. 1 But you say, ‘It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods 2 and want to pursue them!’ |
| (0.45) | 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. |
| (0.45) | Jer 3:7 |
| Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. 1 But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did. 2 |
| (0.45) | Jer 3:10 |
| In spite of all this, 1 Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” 2 says the Lord. |
| (0.45) | Jer 3:23 |
| We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. 1 We know that the Lord our God is the only one who can deliver Israel. 2 |
| (0.45) | Jer 4:6 |
| Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. 1 Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction. 2 |
| (0.45) | Jer 4:28 |
| Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. 1 For I have made my purpose known 2 and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.” 3 |
| (0.45) | Jer 5:31 |
| The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. 1 And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes! 2 |
| (0.45) | 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 |
| (0.45) | Jer 6:17 |
| The Lord said, 1 “I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, 2 saying: ‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” 3 But they said, “We will not pay attention!” |
| (0.45) | Jer 6:29 |
| The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. 1 The process of refining them has proved useless. 2 The wicked have not been purged. |
