Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jon 3:2 |
| “Go immediately 1 to Nineveh, that large city, 2 and proclaim to 3 it the message that I tell you.” |
| (1.00) | Jon 3:3 |
| So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city 1 – it required three days to walk through it!) 2 |
| (1.00) | Jon 3:6 |
| When the news 1 reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes. |
| (1.00) | Jon 3:10 |
| When God saw their actions – they turned 1 from their evil way of living! 2 – God relented concerning the judgment 3 he had threatened them with 4 and he did not destroy them. 5 |
| (1.00) | Jon 4:7 |
| So God sent 1 a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up. |
| (1.00) | Jon 4:10 |
| The Lord said, “You were upset 1 about this little 2 plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day. 3 |
| (1.00) | Mic 1:1 |
| This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to 1 Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message 2 during the reigns of 3 Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to 4 Samaria 5 and Jerusalem. 6 |
| (1.00) | Mic 1:2 |
| Listen, all you nations! 1 Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! 2 The sovereign Lord will testify 3 against you; the Lord will accuse you 4 from his majestic palace. 5 |
| (1.00) | Mic 1:5 |
| All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and 1 the sins of the nation 2 of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? 3 Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! 4 Where are Judah’s pagan worship centers, you ask? 5 They are right in Jerusalem! 6 |
| (1.00) | Mic 1:7 |
| All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. 1 I will make a waste heap 2 of all her images. Since 3 she gathered the metal 4 as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.” 5 |
| (1.00) | Mic 1:10 |
| Don’t spread the news in Gath! 1 Don’t shed even a single tear! 2 In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust! 3 |
| (1.00) | Mic 1:13 |
| Residents of Lachish, 1 hitch the horses to the chariots! You 2 influenced Daughter Zion 3 to sin, 4 for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back 5 to you! |
| (1.00) | Mic 2:1 |
| Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, 1 those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. 2 As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, 3 because they have the power to do so. |
| (1.00) | Mic 2:6 |
| ‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly. 1 ‘These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’ 2 |
| (1.00) | Mic 2:7 |
| Does the family 1 of Jacob say, 2 ‘The Lord’s patience 3 can’t be exhausted – he would never do such things’? 4 To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them, 5 |
| (1.00) | Mic 2:10 |
| But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! 1 For this land is not secure! 2 Sin will thoroughly destroy it! 3 |
| (1.00) | Mic 4:1 |
| In the future 1 the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; 2 it will be more prominent than other hills. 3 People will stream to it. |
| (1.00) | Mic 4:2 |
| Many nations will come, saying, “Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple 1 of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his commands 2 and we can live by his laws.” 3 For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. 4 |
| (1.00) | Mic 4:5 |
| Though all the nations follow their respective gods, 1 we will follow 2 the Lord our God forever. |
| (1.00) | Mic 5:1 |
| (4:14) 1 But now slash yourself, 2 daughter surrounded by soldiers! 3 We are besieged! With a scepter 4 they strike Israel’s ruler 5 on the side of his face. |
