Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jer 33:6 |
| But I will most surely 1 heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. 2 I will show them abundant 3 peace and security. |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:9 |
| All the nations will hear about all the good things which I will do to them. This city will bring me fame, honor, and praise before them for the joy that I bring it. The nations will tremble in awe at all the peace and prosperity that I will provide for it.’ 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:14 |
| “I, the Lord, affirm: 1 ‘The time will certainly come when I will fulfill my gracious promise concerning the nations of Israel and Judah. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:18 |
| Nor will the Levitical priests ever lack someone to stand before me and continually offer up burnt offerings, sacrifice cereal offerings, and offer the other sacrifices.”’” 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:19 |
| The Lord spoke further to Jeremiah. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:23 |
| The Lord spoke still further to Jeremiah. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:24 |
| “You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven’t you? They are saying, 1 ‘The Lord has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah 2 that he chose.’ So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:25 |
| But I, the Lord, make the following promise: 1 I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth. |
| (1.00) | Jer 33:26 |
| Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, 1 I will restore them 2 and show mercy to them.” |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:1 |
| The Lord spoke to Jeremiah while King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem 1 and the towns around it with a large army. This army consisted of troops from his own army and from the kingdoms and peoples of the lands under his dominion. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:4 |
| However, listen to what I, the Lord, promise you, King Zedekiah of Judah. I, the Lord, promise that 1 you will not die in battle or be executed. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:5 |
| You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you. 1 They will mourn for you, saying, “Poor, poor master!” 2 Indeed, you have my own word on this. 3 I, the Lord, affirm it!’” 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:6 |
| The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem. |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:8 |
| The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant 1 with all the people in Jerusalem 2 to grant their slaves their freedom. |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:12 |
| That was when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah, 1 |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:16 |
| But then you turned right around 1 and showed that you did not honor me. 2 Each of you took back your male and female slaves whom you had freed as they desired, and you forced them to be your slaves again. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:17 |
| So I, the Lord, say: “You have not really obeyed me and granted freedom to your neighbor and fellow countryman. 1 Therefore, I will grant you freedom, the freedom 2 to die in war, or by starvation or disease. I, the Lord, affirm it! 3 I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to you. 4 |
| (1.00) | Jer 34:18 |
| I will punish those people who have violated their covenant with me. I will make them like the calf they cut in two and passed between its pieces. 1 I will do so because they did not keep the terms of the covenant they made in my presence. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 35:1 |
| The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Jehoiakim 1 son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 35:12 |
| Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. |
