Discovery Box| (0.35) | Jer 2:5 |
| This is what the Lord says: “What fault could your ancestors 1 have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? 2 They paid allegiance to 3 worthless idols, and so became worthless to me. 4 |
| (0.35) | 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: |
| (0.35) | Jer 2:11 |
| Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, 1 for a god that cannot help them at all! 2 |
| (0.35) | Jer 2:21 |
| I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes? 1 |
| (0.35) | Jer 2:26 |
| Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel 1 will suffer dishonor for what they have done. 2 So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets. |
| (0.35) | Jer 2:32 |
| Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted. |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | Jer 6:29 |
| The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. 1 The process of refining them has proved useless. 2 The wicked have not been purged. |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | Jer 7:9 |
| You steal. 1 You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to 2 other gods whom you have not previously known. |
| (0.35) | Jer 7:10 |
| Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own 1 and say, “We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins! 2 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | Jer 9:1 |
| (8:23) 1 I wish that my head were a well full of water 2 and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people 3 who have been killed. |
| (0.35) | Jer 9:19 |
| For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion. They will wail, 1 ‘We are utterly ruined! 2 We are completely disgraced! For our houses have been torn down and we must leave our land.’” 3 |
| (0.35) | Jer 15:5 |
| The Lord cried out, 1 “Who in the world 2 will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough 3 to inquire about how you are doing? 4 |
| (0.35) | Jer 16:13 |
| So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.’” |
