Discovery Box| (0.34) | Jer 37:14 |
| Jeremiah answered, “That’s a lie! I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” 1 But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah put Jeremiah under arrest and took him to the officials. |
| (0.34) | Jer 37:18 |
| Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison? 1 |
| (0.34) | Jer 37:20 |
| But now please listen, your royal Majesty, 1 and grant my plea for mercy. 2 Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there.” 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 38:1 |
| Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal 1 son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur 2 son of Malkijah had heard 3 the things that Jeremiah had been telling the people. They had heard him say, |
| (0.34) | Jer 38:23 |
| “All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. 1 You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the 2 king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.” 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 38:27 |
| All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. 1 He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. 2 They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation. 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 40:3 |
| Now he has brought it about. The Lord has done just as he threatened to do. This disaster has happened because you people sinned against the Lord and did not obey him. 1 |
| (0.34) | Jer 40:6 |
| So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah 1 and lived there with him. He stayed there to live among the people who had been left in the land of Judah. 2 |
| (0.34) | Jer 40:12 |
| So all these Judeans returned to the land of Judah from the places where they had been scattered. They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Thus they harvested a large amount of wine and dates and figs. 1 |
| (0.34) | Jer 41:7 |
| But as soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw their bodies 1 in a cistern. |
| (0.34) | Jer 42:5 |
| They answered Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as 1 the Lord sends you to tell us to do. |
| (0.34) | Jer 42:11 |
| Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. 1 Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it! 2 |
| (0.34) | Jer 42:14 |
| You must not say, ‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, 1 or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, 2 or starve for lack of food.’ 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 42:17 |
| All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’ |
| (0.34) | Jer 44:3 |
| This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. 1 They made me angry 2 by worshiping and offering sacrifice to 3 other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors 4 previously knew. 5 |
| (0.34) | Jer 44:5 |
| But the people of Jerusalem and Judah 1 would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods. 2 |
| (0.34) | Jer 44:27 |
| I will indeed 1 see to it that disaster, not prosperity, happens to them. 2 All the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will die in war or from starvation until not one of them is left. |
| (0.34) | Jer 46:5 |
| What do I see?” 1 says the Lord. 2 “The soldiers 3 are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; 4 they desert quickly without looking back. |
| (0.34) | Jer 46:9 |
| Go ahead and 1 charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia 2 who are armed with the bow. 3 |
| (0.34) | Jer 46:14 |
| “Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. 1 ‘Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’ 2 |
