Discovery Box| (1.00) | Isa 66:18 |
| “I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming 1 to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; 2 they will come and witness my splendor. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:19 |
| I will perform a mighty act among them 1 and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, 2 Lud 3 (known for its archers 4 ), Tubal, Javan, 5 and to the distant coastlands 6 that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:20 |
| They will bring back all your countrymen 1 from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them 2 on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels 3 to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:23 |
| From one month 1 to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people 2 will come to worship me,” 3 says the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:24 |
| “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, 1 and the fire that consumes them will not die out. 2 All people will find the sight abhorrent.” 3 |
| (1.00) | 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. |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:2 |
| The Lord 1 began to speak to him 2 in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah. |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:4 |
| The Lord said to me, |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:5 |
| “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb 1 I chose you. 2 Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:6 |
| I answered, “Oh, Lord God, 1 I really 2 do not know how to speak well enough for that, 3 for I am too young.” 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:9 |
| Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:11 |
| Later the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered, “I see a branch of an almond tree.” |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:12 |
| Then the Lord said, “You have observed correctly. This means 1 I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out.” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:13 |
| The Lord again asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped toward us from the north.” 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:16 |
| In this way 1 I will pass sentence 2 on the people of Jerusalem and Judah 3 because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.” 4 |
| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | Jer 1:18 |
| I, the Lord, 1 hereby promise to make you 2 as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in 3 the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land. |
| (1.00) | Jer 2:1 |
| The Lord spoke to me. He said: |
| (1.00) | Jer 2:4 |
| Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants 1 of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation 2 of Israel. |
| (1.00) | 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 |
