Discovery Box| (0.35) | Isa 33:1 |
| The destroyer is as good as dead, 1 you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, 2 the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish 3 deceiving, others will deceive you! |
| (0.35) | Isa 45:9 |
| One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, 1 one who is like a mere 2 shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, 3 “What in the world 4 are you doing? Your work lacks skill!” 5 |
| (0.35) | Isa 45:18 |
| For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky – he is the true God, 1 the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, 2 he formed it to be inhabited – “I am the Lord, I have no peer. |
| (0.35) | Isa 45:21 |
| Tell me! Present the evidence! 1 Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the Lord? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; 2 there is none but me. |
| (0.35) | Isa 49:7 |
| This is what the Lord, the protector 1 of Israel, their Holy One, 2 says to the one who is despised 3 and rejected 4 by nations, 5 a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, 6 princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.” |
| (0.35) | Isa 50:1 |
| This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? 1 Look, you were sold because of your sins; 2 because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother. 3 |
| (0.35) | Isa 57:15 |
| For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules 1 forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, 2 in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged. 3 |
| (0.35) | Isa 59:21 |
| “As for me, this is my promise to 1 them,” says the Lord. “My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” 2 says the Lord. |
| (0.35) | Isa 65:8 |
| This is what the Lord says: “When 1 juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ 2 So I will do for the sake of my servants – I will not destroy everyone. 3 |
| (0.35) | Jer 2:24 |
| You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. 1 No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find. 2 |
| (0.35) | Jer 4:3 |
| Yes, 1 the Lord has this to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: “Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground, you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning; just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted, you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives. 2 |
| (0.35) | Jer 4:31 |
| In fact, 1 I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion 2 gasping for breath, reaching out for help, 3 saying, “I am done in! 4 My life is ebbing away before these murderers!” |
| (0.35) | Jer 5:24 |
| They do not say to themselves, 1 “Let us revere the Lord our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.” 2 |
| (0.35) | Jer 5:28 |
| That is how 1 they have grown fat and sleek. 2 There is no limit to the evil things they do. 3 They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor. |
| (0.35) | Jer 8:19 |
| I hear my dear people 1 crying out 2 throughout the length and breadth of the land. 3 They are crying, ‘Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is her divine King 4 no longer there?’” The Lord answers, 5 “Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?” 6 |
| (0.35) | Jer 9:12 |
| I said, 1 “Who is wise enough to understand why this has happened? 2 Who has a word from the Lord that can explain it? 3 Why does the land lie in ruins? Why is it as scorched as a desert through which no one travels?” |
| (0.35) | Jer 10:9 |
| Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish 1 and gold is brought from Uphaz 2 to cover those idols. 3 They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. 4 They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. 5 They are all made by skillful workers. 6 |
| (0.35) | Jer 13:12 |
| “So tell them, 1 ‘The Lord, the God of Israel, says, “Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine.”’ 2 And they will probably say to you, ‘Do you not think we know 3 that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?’ |
| (0.35) | Jer 15:19 |
| Because of this, the Lord said, 1 “You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. 2 If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. 3 They must become as you have been. You must not become like them. 4 |
| (0.35) | Jer 17:11 |
| The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. 1 Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. 2 At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.” 3 |
