Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jer 28:16 |
| So the Lord says, ‘I will most assuredly remove 1 you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the Lord.’” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:1 |
| The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem 1 to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:2 |
| He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials, 1 the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:7 |
| Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.’ |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:10 |
| “For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule 1 are over will I again take up consideration for you. 2 Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore 3 you to your homeland. 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:13 |
| When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul, 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:15 |
| “You say, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets of good news 1 for us here in Babylon.’ |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:18 |
| I will chase after them with war, 1 starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them. |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:19 |
| For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ 1 says the Lord. 2 ‘And you exiles 3 have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the Lord. 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:20 |
| ‘So pay attention to what I, the Lord, have said, 1 all you exiles whom I have sent to Babylon from Jerusalem.’ |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:23 |
| This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful 1 in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. 2 They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,’ says the Lord.” 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:30 |
| Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. |
| (1.00) | Jer 29:32 |
| Because he has done this,” 1 the Lord says, “I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the Lord, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord.”’” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 30:1 |
| The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 30:2 |
| “The Lord God of Israel says, 1 ‘Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 30:4 |
| So here is what the Lord has to say about Israel and Judah. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 31:5 |
| Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. 1 Those who plant them will once again enjoy their fruit. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 31:6 |
| Yes, a time is coming when watchmen 1 will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, “Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the Lord our God!”’” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 31:10 |
| Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.” |
| (1.00) | Jer 31:16 |
| The Lord says to her, 1 “Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! 2 For your heartfelt repentance 3 will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the Lord, affirm it! 4 |
