Discovery Box| (0.15) | Isa 33:15 |
| The one who lives 1 uprightly 2 and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; 3 the one who does not plot violent crimes 4 and does not seek to harm others 5 – |
| (0.15) | Isa 35:7 |
| The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow. |
| (0.15) | Isa 47:13 |
| You are tired out from listening to so much advice. 1 Let them take their stand – the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make monthly predictions – let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you! 2 |
| (0.15) | Isa 51:8 |
| For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide 1 will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last.” |
| (0.15) | Isa 52:5 |
| And now, what do we have here?” 1 says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” 2 says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered 3 all day long. |
| (0.15) | Isa 53:8 |
| He was led away after an unjust trial 1 – but who even cared? 2 Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; 3 because of the rebellion of his own 4 people he was wounded. |
| (0.15) | Isa 55:11 |
| In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. 1 No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.” 2 |
| (0.15) | Isa 56:3 |
| No foreigner who becomes a follower of 1 the Lord should say, ‘The Lord will certainly 2 exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say, ‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’” |
| (0.15) | Isa 61:6 |
| You will be called, ‘the Lord’s priests, servants of our God.’ 1 You will enjoy 2 the wealth of nations and boast about 3 the riches you receive from them. 4 |
| (0.15) | Isa 63:3 |
| “I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them 1 in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained 2 all my clothes. |
| (0.15) | Isa 63:14 |
| Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, 1 so the Spirit of the Lord granted them rest. In this way 2 you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation. 3 |
| (0.15) | Isa 65:13 |
| So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated! |
| (0.15) | Jer 2:8 |
| Your priests 1 did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ 2 Those responsible for teaching my law 3 did not really know me. 4 Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. 5 They all worshiped idols that could not help them. 6 |
| (0.15) | Jer 5:31 |
| The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. 1 And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes! 2 |
| (0.15) | 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 |
| (0.15) | Jer 10:2 |
| The Lord says, “Do not start following pagan religious practices. 1 Do not be in awe of signs that occur 2 in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe. |
| (0.15) | Jer 11:13 |
| This is in spite of the fact that 1 the people of Judah have as many gods as they have towns 2 and the citizens of Jerusalem have set up as many altars to sacrifice to that disgusting god, Baal, as they have streets in the city!’ 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 11:15 |
| The Lord says to the people of Judah, 1 “What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? 2 Many of you have done wicked things. 3 Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings 4 that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them? 5 |
| (0.15) | Jer 12:1 |
| Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. 1 However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. 2 Why are wicked people successful? 3 Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives? |
| (0.15) | Jer 12:3 |
| But you, Lord, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. 1 Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed! 2 |
