Discovery Box| (0.57) | Jer 44:15 |
| Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. 1 They answered, |
| (0.57) | Jer 44:22 |
| Finally the Lord could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses. 1 |
| (0.57) | Jer 44:23 |
| You have sacrificed to other gods! You have sinned against the Lord! You have not obeyed the Lord! You have not followed his laws, his statutes, and his decrees! That is why this disaster that is evident to this day has happened to you.” 1 |
| (0.57) | Jer 44:25 |
| The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘You women 1 have confirmed by your actions what you vowed with your lips! You said, “We will certainly carry out our vows to sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.” Well, then fulfill your vows! Carry them out!’ 2 |
| (0.57) | Jer 46:2 |
| He spoke about Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt which was encamped along the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling 1 over Judah. 2 |
| (0.57) | Jer 46:21 |
| Even her mercenaries 1 will prove to be like pampered, 2 well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when 3 the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished. |
| (0.57) | Jer 47:4 |
| For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre 1 and Sidon. 2 For I, the Lord, will 3 destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete. 4 |
| (0.57) | Jer 48:2 |
| People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon 1 and plot 2 how to destroy Moab, 3 saying, ‘Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. 4 A destructive army will march against you. 5 |
| (0.57) | Jer 48:32 |
| I will weep for the grapevines of Sibmah just like the town of Jazer weeps over them. 1 Their branches once spread as far as the Dead Sea. 2 They reached as far as the town of Jazer. 3 The destroyer will ravage her fig, date, 4 and grape crops. |
| (0.57) | Jer 49:1 |
| The Lord spoke about the Ammonites. 1 “Do you think there are not any people of the nation of Israel remaining? Do you think there are not any of them remaining to reinherit their land? Is that why you people who worship the god Milcom 2 have taken possession of the territory of Gad and live in his cities? 3 |
| (0.57) | Jer 49:13 |
| For I solemnly swear,” 1 says the Lord, “that Bozrah 2 will become a pile of ruins. It will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example to be used in curses. 3 All the towns around it will lie in ruins forever.” |
| (0.57) | Jer 49:16 |
| The terror you inspire in others 1 and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. 2 But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there,” says the Lord. |
| (0.57) | Jer 49:37 |
| I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies, who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them,” 1 says the Lord. 2 “I will send armies chasing after them 3 until I have completely destroyed them. |
| (0.57) | Jer 50:13 |
| After I vent my wrath on it Babylon will be uninhabited. 1 It will be totally desolate. All who pass by will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. 2 |
| (0.57) | Jer 50:37 |
| Destructive forces will come against her horses and her 1 chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; 2 they will be as frightened as women! 3 Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder! |
| (0.57) | Jer 51:9 |
| Foreigners living there will say, 1 ‘We tried to heal her, but she could not be healed. Let’s leave Babylonia 2 and each go back to his own country. For judgment on her will be vast in its proportions. It will be like it is piled up to heaven, stacked up into the clouds.’ 3 |
| (0.57) | Jer 51:25 |
| The Lord says, 1 “Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! 2 You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; 3 I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain. 4 |
| (0.57) | Jer 51:27 |
| “Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. 1 Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. 2 Appoint a commander to lead the attack. 3 Send horses 4 against her like a swarm of locusts. 5 |
| (0.57) | Jer 52:4 |
| King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. 1 They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah. 2 |
| (0.57) | Jer 52:7 |
| They broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden. 1 (The Babylonians had the city surrounded.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. 2 |
