Discovery Box| (0.13) | Jer 15:18 |
| Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?” 1 |
| (0.13) | Jer 16:11 |
| Then tell them that the Lord says, 1 ‘It is because your ancestors 2 rejected me and paid allegiance to 3 other gods. They have served them and worshiped them. But they have rejected me and not obeyed my law. 4 |
| (0.13) | Jer 16:14 |
| Yet 1 I, the Lord, say: 2 “A new time will certainly come. 3 People now affirm their oaths with ‘I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.’ |
| (0.13) | Jer 17:4 |
| You will lose your hold on the land 1 which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.” 2 |
| (0.13) | Jer 17:5 |
| The Lord says, “I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, 2 and whose hearts 3 have turned away from the Lord. |
| (0.13) | Jer 17:13 |
| You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. 1 All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you 2 will be consigned to the nether world. 3 For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life. 4 |
| (0.13) | Jer 17:24 |
| The Lord says, 1 ‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day. |
| (0.13) | Jer 18:22 |
| Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. 1 For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into. |
| (0.13) | Jer 20:8 |
| For whenever I prophesy, 1 I must cry out, 2 “Violence and destruction are coming!” 3 This message from the Lord 4 has made me an object of continual insults and derision. |
| (0.13) | Jer 20:12 |
| O Lord who rules over all, 1 you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. 2 Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause. |
| (0.13) | Jer 22:13 |
| “‘Sure to be judged 1 is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. 2 He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor. |
| (0.13) | Jer 22:22 |
| My judgment will carry off all your leaders like a storm wind! 1 Your allies will go into captivity. Then you will certainly 2 be disgraced and put to shame because of all the wickedness you have done. |
| (0.13) | Jer 22:23 |
| You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you 1 will groan 2 when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby. 3 |
| (0.13) | Jer 23:4 |
| I will install rulers 1 over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. 2 I, the Lord, promise it! 3 |
| (0.13) | Jer 23:7 |
| “So I, the Lord, say: 1 ‘A new time will certainly come. 2 People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.” |
| (0.13) | Jer 23:9 |
| Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets: 2 My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed. I tremble all over. 3 I am like a drunk person, like a person who has had too much wine, 4 because of the way the Lord and his holy word are being mistreated. 5 |
| (0.13) | Jer 23:10 |
| For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. 1 They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. 2 So the land is dried up 3 because it is under his curse. 4 The pastures in the wilderness are withered. |
| (0.13) | Jer 23:12 |
| So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them.” 1 The Lord affirms it! 2 |
| (0.13) | Jer 23:18 |
| Yet which of them has ever stood in the Lord’s inner circle 1 so they 2 could see and hear what he has to say? 3 Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said? |
| (0.13) | Jer 23:22 |
| But if they had stood in my inner circle, 1 they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing. |
