Discovery Box| (0.46) | 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 |
| (0.46) | 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. |
| (0.46) | Isa 61:1 |
| The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen 1 me. 2 He has commissioned 3 me to encourage 4 the poor, to help 5 the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners, |
| (0.46) | Isa 64:5 |
| You assist 1 those who delight in doing what is right, 2 who observe your commandments. 3 Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved? 4 |
| (0.46) | 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. |
| (0.46) | Isa 65:13 |
| So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated! |
| (0.46) | Isa 66:2 |
| My hand made them; 1 that is how they came to be,” 2 says the Lord. I show special favor 3 to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say. 4 |
| (0.46) | Jer 1:1 |
| The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. 1 He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. |
| (0.46) | Jer 2:5 |
| This is what the Lord says: “What fault could your ancestors 1 have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? 2 They paid allegiance to 3 worthless idols, and so became worthless to me. 4 |
| (0.46) | Jer 2:22 |
| You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” 1 says the Lord God. 2 |
| (0.46) | 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!’ |
| (0.46) | Jer 2:26 |
| Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel 1 will suffer dishonor for what they have done. 2 So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets. |
| (0.46) | 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. |
| (0.46) | 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. |
| (0.46) | Jer 3:5 |
| You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?’ 1 That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can.” 2 |
| (0.46) | 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 |
| (0.46) | Jer 4:7 |
| Like a lion that has come up from its lair 1 the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. 2 He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited. |
| (0.46) | Jer 4:16 |
| They are saying, 1 ‘Announce to the surrounding nations, 2 “The enemy is coming!” 3 Proclaim this message 4 to Jerusalem: “Those who besiege cities 5 are coming from a distant land. They are ready to raise the battle cry against 6 the towns in Judah.”’ |
| (0.46) | Jer 4:18 |
| “The way you have lived and the things you have done 1 will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. 2 The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.” 3 |
| (0.46) | Jer 5:4 |
| I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. 1 They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. 2 They do not know what their God requires of them. 3 |
