Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jer 8:17 |
| The Lord says, 1 “Yes indeed, 2 I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. 3 And they will inflict fatal wounds on you.” 4 |
| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:2 |
| (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. 1 Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation 2 of people that has been disloyal to him. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:3 |
| The Lord says, 1 “These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. 2 They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. 3 Indeed, they do one evil thing after another 4 and do not pay attention to me. 5 |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:5 |
| One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves 1 to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent. |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:8 |
| Their tongues are like deadly arrows. 1 They are always telling lies. 2 Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them. 3 |
| (1.00) | 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?” |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:14 |
| Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to 1 the gods called Baal, 2 as their fathers 3 taught them to do. |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:15 |
| So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, 1 say. 2 ‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:16 |
| I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors 1 have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords 2 until I have destroyed them.’” 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:20 |
| I said, 1 “So now, 2 you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. 3 Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor 4 this lament. |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:23 |
| 1 The Lord says, “Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. 2 Rich people should not boast that they are rich. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 9:24 |
| If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” 1 says the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Jer 10:1 |
| You people of Israel, 1 listen to what the Lord has to say to you. |
| (1.00) | Jer 10:3 |
| For the religion 1 of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 10:5 |
| Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.” 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 10:7 |
| Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, 1 because you deserve to be revered. 2 For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 10:8 |
| The people of those nations 1 are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless! 2 |
| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | Jer 10:11 |
| You people of Israel should tell those nations this: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear 1 from the earth and from under the heavens.’ 2 |
