Discovery Box| (0.13) | Jer 11:5 |
| Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey.” 1 That is the very land that you still live in today.’” 2 And I responded, “Amen! Let it be so, 3 Lord!” |
| (0.13) | Jer 13:10 |
| These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. 1 They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance 2 to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So 3 they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing. |
| (0.13) | Jer 14:21 |
| For the honor of your name, 1 do not treat Jerusalem 2 with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. 3 Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it! 4 |
| (0.13) | Jer 15:6 |
| I, the Lord, say: 1 ‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ 2 So I have unleashed my power against you 3 and have begun to destroy you. 4 I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!” 5 |
| (0.13) | Jer 15:8 |
| Their widows will become in my sight more numerous 1 than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. 2 I will cause anguish 3 and terror to fall suddenly upon them. 4 |
| (0.13) | Jer 15:15 |
| I said, 1 “Lord, you know how I suffer. 2 Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake. |
| (0.13) | Jer 15:18 |
| Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?” 1 |
| (0.13) | Jer 17:16 |
| But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. 1 I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. 2 You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken. 3 |
| (0.13) | Jer 19:7 |
| In this place I will thwart 1 the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword 2 at the hands of their enemies. 3 I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat. |
| (0.13) | Jer 20:5 |
| I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder 1 and carry it off to Babylon. |
| (0.13) | Jer 20:7 |
| Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. 1 Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me. |
| (0.13) | Jer 22:3 |
| The Lord says, “Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those 1 who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. 2 Do not kill innocent people 3 in this land. |
| (0.13) | Jer 22:10 |
| “‘Do not weep for the king who was killed. Do not grieve for him. But weep mournfully for the king who has gone into exile. For he will never return to see his native land again. 1 |
| (0.13) | Jer 25:5 |
| He said through them, 1 ‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. 2 If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession. 3 |
| (0.13) | Jer 25:27 |
| Then the Lord said to me, 1 “Tell them that the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 2 says, 3 ‘Drink this cup 4 until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can’t get up. 5 For I will send wars sweeping through you.’ 6 |
| (0.13) | Jer 28:4 |
| I will also bring back to this place Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and all the exiles who were taken to Babylon.’ Indeed, the Lord affirms, 1 ‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.’” |
| (0.13) | Jer 28:6 |
| The prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do all this! May the Lord make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple and the people who were carried into exile. |
| (0.13) | Jer 30:3 |
| For I, the Lord, affirm 1 that the time will come when I will reverse the plight 2 of my people, Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors 3 and they will take possession of it once again.’” 4 |
| (0.13) | Jer 30:6 |
| Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: 1 Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like 2 a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale? |
| (0.13) | Jer 30:21 |
| One of their own people will be their leader. Their ruler will come from their own number. 1 I will invite him to approach me, and he will do so. 2 For no one would dare approach me on his own. 3 I, the Lord, affirm it! 4 |
