Discovery Box| (0.16) | Jer 51:5 |
| “For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken 1 by their God, the Lord who rules over all. 2 For the land of Babylonia is 3 full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. 4 |
| (0.16) | Jer 51:12 |
| Give the signal to attack Babylon’s wall! 1 Bring more guards! 2 Post them all around the city! 3 Put men in ambush! 4 For the Lord will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon. 5 |
| (0.16) | Jer 51:14 |
| The Lord who rules over all 1 has solemnly sworn, 2 ‘I will fill your land with enemy soldiers. They will swarm over it like locusts. 3 They will raise up shouts of victory over it.’ |
| (0.16) | Jer 51:29 |
| The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. 1 For the Lord will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia 2 a wasteland where no one lives. 3 |
| (0.16) | Jer 51:30 |
| The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. 1 They will be as frightened as women. 2 The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down. 3 |
| (0.16) | Jer 51:56 |
| For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. 1 Her warriors will be captured; their bows will be broken. 2 For the Lord is a God who punishes; 3 he pays back in full. 4 |
| (0.16) | Jer 52:1 |
| 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem 2 for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal 3 daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. |
| (0.16) | Jer 52:15 |
| Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took into exile some of the poor, 1 the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the rest of the craftsmen. |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:3 |
| ג (Gimel) Judah 1 has departed into exile under 2 affliction and harsh oppression. 3 She 4 lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in 5 narrow straits. 6 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:4 |
| ד (Dalet) The roads to Zion 1 mourn 2 because no one 3 travels to the festivals. 4 All her city gates 5 are deserted; 6 her priests groan. 7 Her virgins grieve; 8 she is in bitter anguish! 9 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:8 |
| ח (Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; 1 therefore she became an object of scorn. 2 All who admired 3 her have despised her 4 because they have seen her nakedness. 5 She groans aloud 6 and turns away in shame. 7 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:9 |
| ט (Tet) Her menstrual flow 1 has soiled 2 her clothing; 3 she did not consider 4 the consequences of her sin. 5 Her demise 6 was astonishing, 7 and there was no one to comfort her. She cried, “Look, 8 O Lord, on my 9 affliction because my |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:11 |
| כ (Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. 1 They exchanged 2 their valuables 3 for 4 just enough food to stay alive. 5 “Look, O Lord! Consider 6 that I have become worthless!” |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:15 |
| ס (Samek) He rounded up 1 all my mighty ones; 2 The Lord 3 did this 4 in 5 my midst. He summoned an assembly 6 against me to shatter my young men. The Lord has stomped like grapes 7 the virgin daughter, Judah. 8 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:20 |
| ר (Resh) Look, O Lord! I am distressed; 1 my stomach is in knots! 2 My heart is pounding 3 inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! 4 Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; 5 Inside the house death is present. 6 |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:2 |
| ב (Bet) The Lord 1 destroyed 2 mercilessly 3 all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. 4 In his anger he tore down the fortified cities 5 of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. 6 |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:5 |
| ה (He) The Lord, 1 like an enemy, destroyed 2 Israel. He destroyed 3 all her palaces; he ruined her 4 fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament. 5 |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:14 |
| נ (Nun) Your prophets saw visions for you that were worthless lies. 1 They failed to expose your sin so as to restore your fortunes. 2 They saw oracles for you that were worthless 3 lies. |
| (0.16) | Lam 4:4 |
| ד (Dalet) The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, 1 but no one gives them even a morsel. 2 |
| (0.16) | Lam 4:21 |
| ש (Sin/Shin) Rejoice and be glad for now, 1 O people of Edom, 2 who reside in the land of Uz. But the cup of judgment 3 will pass 4 to you also; you will get drunk and take off your clothes. |
