Discovery Box| (0.40) | Jer 8:7 |
| Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. 1 The turtledove, swallow, and crane 2 recognize 3 the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to 4 what I, the Lord, require of them. 5 |
| (0.40) | Jer 8:8 |
| How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, 1 those who teach it 2 have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 3 |
| (0.40) | Jer 8:9 |
| Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. 1 Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have? |
| (0.40) | Jer 8:17 |
| The Lord says, 1 “Yes indeed, 2 I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. 3 And they will inflict fatal wounds on you.” 4 |
| (0.40) | Jer 9:7 |
| Therefore the Lord who rules over all says, 1 “I will now purify them in the fires of affliction 2 and test them. The wickedness of my dear people 3 has left me no choice. What else can I do? 4 |
| (0.40) | Jer 9:13 |
| The Lord answered, “This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws. 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 9:15 |
| So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, 1 say. 2 ‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. 3 |
| (0.40) | Jer 9:17 |
| The Lord who rules over all 1 told me to say to this people, 2 “Take note of what I say. 3 Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!” 4 |
| (0.40) | Jer 10:2 |
| The Lord says, “Do not start following pagan religious practices. 1 Do not be in awe of signs that occur 2 in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe. |
| (0.40) | Jer 10:10 |
| The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury. |
| (0.40) | Jer 10:18 |
| For the Lord says, “I will now throw out those who live in this land. I will bring so much trouble on them that they will actually feel it.” 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 10:23 |
| Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. 1 It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them. 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 11:3 |
| Tell them that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse. 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 11:6 |
| The Lord said to me, “Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you 1 and carry them out! |
| (0.40) | Jer 11:11 |
| So I, the Lord, say this: 1 ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them. |
| (0.40) | Jer 11:22 |
| So the Lord who rules over all 1 said, “I will surely 2 punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. 3 Their sons and daughters will die of starvation. |
| (0.40) | Jer 12:12 |
| A destructive army 1 will come marching over the hilltops in the desert. For the Lord will use them as his destructive weapon 2 against 3 everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe. 4 |
| (0.40) | Jer 13:1 |
| The Lord said to me, “Go and buy some linen shorts 1 and put them on. 2 Do not put them in water.” 3 |
| (0.40) | Jer 13:6 |
| Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go at once to Perath and get 1 the shorts I ordered you to bury there.” |
| (0.40) | Jer 13:14 |
| And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. 1 I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ 2 says the Lord.” |
