Discovery Box| (0.50) | Isa 58:5 |
| Is this really the kind of fasting I want? 1 Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, 2 bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out 3 on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord? |
| (0.50) | Jer 38:2 |
| “The Lord says, ‘Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. 1 Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians 2 will live. They will escape with their lives.’” 3 |
| (0.50) | Jon 4:8 |
| When the sun began to shine, God sent 1 a hot 2 east wind. So the sun beat down 3 on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, 4 and said, “I would rather die than live!” 5 |
| (0.50) | Hab 2:5 |
| Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! 1 His appetite 2 is as big as Sheol’s; 3 like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers 4 all the nations; he seizes 5 all peoples. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 20:39 |
| When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat 1 of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. 2 He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, 3 you will pay with your life or with a talent 4 of silver.’ 5 |
