Discovery Box| (0.25) | Hos 1:2 |
| When the Lord first spoke 1 through 2 Hosea, he 3 said to him, 4 “Go marry 5 a prostitute 6 who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, 7 because the nation 8 continually commits spiritual prostitution 9 by turning away from |
| (0.25) | Hos 8:1 |
| Sound the alarm! 1 An eagle 2 looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, 3 and have rebelled against my law. |
| (0.25) | Hos 9:1 |
| O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly 1 like the nations, for you are unfaithful 2 to your God. You love to receive a prostitute's wages 3 on all the floors where you thresh your grain. |
| (0.25) | Hos 10:1 |
| Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. 1 As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars. |
| (0.25) | Hos 10:14 |
| The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated 1 Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children. |
| (0.25) | Hos 14:7 |
| People will reside again 1 in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. 2 They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon. |
| (0.25) | Joe 1:14 |
| Announce a holy fast; 1 proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the elders and 2 all the inhabitants of the land to the temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. |
| (0.25) | Amo 4:5 |
| Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! 1 Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! 2 For you love to do this, you Israelites.” The sovereign Lord is speaking! |
| (0.25) | Oba 1:5 |
| “If thieves came to rob you 1 during the night, 2 they would steal only as much as they wanted! 3 If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, 4 they would leave some behind for the poor! 5 But you will be totally destroyed! 6 |
| (0.25) | Oba 1:20 |
| The exiles of this fortress 1 of the people of Israel will take possession 2 of what belongs to the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath, 3 and the exiles of Jerusalem 4 who are in Sepharad 5 will take possession of the towns of the Negev. |
| (0.25) | 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 |
| (0.25) | Mic 3:3 |
| You 1 devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot 2 – like meat in a kettle. |
| (0.25) | Mic 7:2 |
| Faithful men have disappeared 1 from the land; there are no godly men left. 2 They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; 3 they hunt their own brother with a net. 4 |
| (0.25) | Mic 7:3 |
| They are determined to be experts at doing evil; 1 government officials and judges take bribes, 2 prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. 3 |
| (0.25) | Mic 7:12 |
| In that day people 1 will come to you 2 from Assyria as far as 3 Egypt, from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, 4 from the seacoasts 5 and the mountains. 6 |
| (0.25) | Nah 1:2 |
| The Lord is a zealous 1 and avenging 2 God; the Lord is avenging and very angry. 3 The Lord takes vengeance 4 against his foes; he sustains his rage 5 against his enemies. |
| (0.25) | Nah 3:17 |
| Your courtiers 1 are like locusts, your officials 2 are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they 3 fly away; 4 and no one knows where they 5 are. 6 |
| (0.25) | Hab 2:16 |
| But you will become drunk 1 with shame, not majesty. 2 Now it is your turn to drink and expose your uncircumcised foreskin! 3 The cup of wine in the Lord’s right hand 4 is coming to you, and disgrace will replace your majestic glory! |
| (0.25) | Hab 2:19 |
| The one who says to wood, ‘Wake up!’ is as good as dead 1 – he who says 2 to speechless stone, ‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? 3 It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it. |
| (0.25) | Zep 2:11 |
| The Lord will terrify them, 1 for 2 he will weaken 3 all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the Lord in their own lands. 4 |
