Discovery Box| (0.29) | Jer 2:7 |
| I brought you 1 into a fertile land so you could enjoy 2 its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; 3 you made the land I call my own 4 loathsome to me. |
| (0.29) | Jer 2:13 |
| “Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, 1 and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.” |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | Jer 3:18 |
| At that time 1 the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. 2 Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ” 3 |
| (0.29) | Jer 3:21 |
| “A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; 1 they have forgotten to be true to the Lord their God. 2 |
| (0.29) | Jer 3:23 |
| We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. 1 We know that the Lord our God is the only one who can deliver Israel. 2 |
| (0.29) | Jer 4:1 |
| “If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the Lord, “if you want to come back to me 1 you must get those disgusting idols 2 out of my sight and must no longer go astray. 3 |
| (0.29) | Jer 4:5 |
| The Lord said, 1 “Announce 2 this in Judah and proclaim it in Jerusalem: 3 ‘Sound the trumpet 4 throughout the land!’ Shout out loudly, ‘Gather together! Let us flee into the fortified cities!’ |
| (0.29) | Jer 4:7 |
| Like a lion that has come up from its lair 1 the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. 2 He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited. |
| (0.29) | Jer 5:31 |
| The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. 1 And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes! 2 |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | Jer 6:10 |
| I answered, 1 “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? 2 Their ears are so closed 3 that they cannot hear! Indeed, 4 what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all. 5 |
| (0.29) | Jer 6:12 |
| Their houses will be turned over to others as will their fields and their wives. For I will unleash my power 1 against those who live in this land,” says the Lord. |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | Jer 6:26 |
| So I said, 1 “Oh, my dear people, 2 put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now 3 that destructive army 4 will come against us.” |
| (0.29) | Jer 6:27 |
| The Lord said to me, 1 “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. 2 You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.” 3 |
| (0.29) | Jer 7:2 |
| “Stand in the gate of the Lord’s temple and proclaim 1 this message: ‘Listen, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the Lord. 2 Hear what the Lord has to say. |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | Jer 7:14 |
| So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, 1 this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, 2 just like I destroyed Shiloh. 3 |
| (0.29) | Jer 7:24 |
| But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better. 1 |
