Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jer 51:58 |
| This is what the Lord who rules over all 1 says, “Babylon’s thick wall 2 will be completely demolished. 3 Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. 4 The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.” 5 |
| (1.00) | Jer 51:59 |
| This is the order Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to King Zedekiah of Judah in Babylon during the fourth year of his reign. 1 (Seraiah was a quartermaster.) 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 51:60 |
| Jeremiah recorded 1 on one scroll all the judgments 2 that would come upon Babylon – all these prophecies 3 written about Babylon. |
| (1.00) | Jer 51:61 |
| Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, make sure 1 you read aloud all these prophecies. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 51:64 |
| Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments 1 I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’” The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 52:4 |
| King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. 1 They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jer 52:14 |
| The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem. |
| (1.00) | Jer 52:15 |
| Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took into exile some of the poor, 1 the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the rest of the craftsmen. |
| (1.00) | Jer 52:16 |
| But he 1 left behind some of the poor 2 and gave them fields and vineyards. |
| (1.00) | Jer 52:18 |
| They also took the pots, shovels, 1 trimming shears, 2 basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jer 52:23 |
| There were ninety-six pomegranate-shaped ornaments on the sides; in all there were one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments over the latticework that went around it. |
| (1.00) | Jer 52:32 |
| He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than 1 the other kings who were with him in Babylon. |
| (1.00) | Lam 1:1 |
| א (Alef) 1 2 Alas! 3 The city once full of people 4 now sits all alone! 5 The prominent 6 lady among the nations has become a widow! 7 The princess 8 who once ruled the provinces 9 has become |
| (1.00) | Lam 1:3 |
| ג (Gimel) Judah 1 has departed into exile under 2 affliction and harsh oppression. 3 She 4 lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in 5 narrow straits. 6 |
| (1.00) | Lam 1:8 |
| ח (Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; 1 therefore she became an object of scorn. 2 All who admired 3 her have despised her 4 because they have seen her nakedness. 5 She groans aloud 6 and turns away in shame. 7 |
| (1.00) | Lam 1:11 |
| כ (Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. 1 They exchanged 2 their valuables 3 for 4 just enough food to stay alive. 5 “Look, O Lord! Consider 6 that I have become worthless!” |
| (1.00) | Lam 1:18 |
| צ (Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! 1 Yes, I rebelled against his commands. 2 Please listen, all you nations, 3 and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile. |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:8 |
| ח (Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; 1 he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. 2 He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. 3 |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:10 |
| י (Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit 1 on the ground in silence. 2 They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. 3 Jerusalem’s young women 4 stare down at the ground. 5 |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:11 |
| כ (Kaf) My eyes are worn out 1 from weeping; 2 my stomach is in knots. 3 My heart 4 is poured out on the ground due to the destruction 5 of my helpless people; 6 children and infants faint in the town squares. |
