Discovery Box| (0.38) | Jer 40:7 |
| Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern 1 the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon. 2 |
| (0.38) | Jer 40:11 |
| Moreover, all the Judeans who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other countries heard what had happened. They heard that the king of Babylon had allowed some people to stay in Judah and that he had appointed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to govern them. |
| (0.38) | Jer 40:14 |
| They said to him, “Are you at all aware 1 that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them. |
| (0.38) | Jer 40:16 |
| But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do that 1 because what you are saying about Ishmael is not true.” 2 |
| (0.38) | Jer 41:8 |
| But there were ten men among them who said 1 to Ishmael, “Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. 2 So he spared their lives and did not kill 3 them along with the rest. 4 |
| (0.38) | Jer 42:2 |
| They said to him, “Please grant our request 1 and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. 2 For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before. 3 |
| (0.38) | Jer 42:6 |
| We will obey what the Lord our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.” 1 |
| (0.38) | Jer 42:10 |
| ‘If you will just stay 1 in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. 2 I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you. |
| (0.38) | Jer 42:11 |
| Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. 1 Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it! 2 |
| (0.38) | Jer 42:14 |
| You must not say, ‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, 1 or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, 2 or starve for lack of food.’ 3 |
| (0.38) | Jer 44:15 |
| Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. 1 They answered, |
| (0.38) | Jer 45:5 |
| Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm 1 that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. 2 But I will allow you to escape with your life 3 wherever you go.”’” |
| (0.38) | Jer 46:10 |
| But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. 1 It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. 2 His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! 3 For the Lord God who rules over all 4 will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River. |
| (0.38) | Jer 46:27 |
| 1 “You descendants of Jacob, my servants, 2 do not be afraid; do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from the faraway lands where you are captives. 3 The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them. |
| (0.38) | Jer 47:4 |
| For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre 1 and Sidon. 2 For I, the Lord, will 3 destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete. 4 |
| (0.38) | Jer 48:34 |
| Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. 1 They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up. |
| (0.38) | Jer 48:44 |
| Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. 1 For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. 2 I, the Lord, affirm it! 3 |
| (0.38) | Jer 49:16 |
| The terror you inspire in others 1 and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. 2 But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there,” says the Lord. |
| (0.38) | Jer 49:30 |
| The Lord says, 1 “Flee quickly, you who live in Hazor. 2 Take up refuge in remote places. 3 For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has laid out plans to attack you. He has formed his strategy on how to defeat you.” 4 |
| (0.38) | Jer 50:3 |
| For a nation from the north 1 will attack Babylon. It will lay her land waste. People and animals will flee out of it. No one will inhabit it.’ |
