Discovery Box| (0.34) | Isa 66:2 |
| My hand made them; 1 that is how they came to be,” 2 says the Lord. I show special favor 3 to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say. 4 |
| (0.34) | Jer 1:9 |
| Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me. 1 |
| (0.34) | Jer 2:10 |
| Go west 1 across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus 2 and see. Send someone east to Kedar 3 and have them look carefully. See if such a thing as this has ever happened: |
| (0.34) | Jer 2:18 |
| What good will it do you 1 then 2 to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? 3 What good will it do you 4 to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians? 5 |
| (0.34) | Jer 2:22 |
| You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” 1 says the Lord God. 2 |
| (0.34) | Jer 2:28 |
| But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that 1 you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah. |
| (0.34) | Jer 2:34 |
| Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. 1 Yet, in spite of all these things you have done, 2 |
| (0.34) | Jer 3:3 |
| That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. 1 You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done. |
| (0.34) | Jer 4:13 |
| Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. 1 The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. 2 His horses move more swiftly than eagles.” I cry out, 3 “We are doomed, 4 for we will be destroyed!” |
| (0.34) | Jer 4:28 |
| Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. 1 For I have made my purpose known 2 and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.” 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 5:4 |
| I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. 1 They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. 2 They do not know what their God requires of them. 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 5:27 |
| Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, 1 their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. 2 That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 6:4 |
| They will say, 1 ‘Prepare to do battle 2 against it! Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’ But later they will say, 3 ‘Oh, oh! Too bad! 4 The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long. |
| (0.34) | Jer 6:13 |
| “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit. |
| (0.34) | Jer 7:3 |
| The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. 2 If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 7:29 |
| So, mourn, 1 you people of this nation. 2 Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject 3 and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’” 4 |
| (0.34) | Jer 8:9 |
| Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. 1 Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have? |
| (0.34) | Jer 9:11 |
| The Lord said, 1 “I will make Jerusalem 2 a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. 3 I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them.” |
| (0.34) | Jer 9:20 |
| I said, 1 “So now, 2 you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. 3 Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor 4 this lament. |
| (0.34) | Jer 9:21 |
| ‘Death has climbed in 1 through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’ |
