Discovery Box| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | 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. |
| (0.31) | 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.”’ |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | Jer 5:27 |
| Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, 1 their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. 2 That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. 3 |
| (0.31) | Jer 6:4 |
| They will say, 1 ‘Prepare to do battle 2 against it! Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’ But later they will say, 3 ‘Oh, oh! Too bad! 4 The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long. |
| (0.31) | Jer 6:10 |
| I answered, 1 “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? 2 Their ears are so closed 3 that they cannot hear! Indeed, 4 what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all. 5 |
| (0.31) | Jer 6:13 |
| “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit. |
| (0.31) | Jer 6:21 |
| So, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will assuredly 1 make these people stumble to their doom. 2 Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction. 3 Friends and neighbors will die.’ |
| (0.31) | Jer 6:29 |
| The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. 1 The process of refining them has proved useless. 2 The wicked have not been purged. |
| (0.31) | Jer 7:3 |
| The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. 2 If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. 3 |
| (0.31) | Jer 7:11 |
| Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own 1 is to be a hideout for robbers? 2 You had better take note! 3 I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord. |
| (0.31) | Jer 8:7 |
| Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. 1 The turtledove, swallow, and crane 2 recognize 3 the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to 4 what I, the Lord, require of them. 5 |
| (0.31) | Jer 8:8 |
| How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, 1 those who teach it 2 have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 3 |
| (0.31) | Jer 9:19 |
| For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion. They will wail, 1 ‘We are utterly ruined! 2 We are completely disgraced! For our houses have been torn down and we must leave our land.’” 3 |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | Jer 13:22 |
| You will probably ask yourself, 1 ‘Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ 2 It is because you have sinned so much. 3 |
| (0.31) | Jer 13:23 |
| But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian 1 change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots? 2 |
| (0.31) | Jer 14:4 |
| They are dismayed because the ground is cracked 1 because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands. |
