Discovery Box| (0.48) | Isa 61:11 |
| For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance 1 to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. 2 |
| (0.48) | Isa 62:1 |
| “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem 1 I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly 2 and her deliverance burns like a torch.” |
| (0.48) | Isa 63:14 |
| Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, 1 so the Spirit of the Lord granted them rest. In this way 2 you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation. 3 |
| (0.48) | Isa 65:1 |
| “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; 1 I appeared to those who did not look for me. 2 I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke 3 my name. |
| (0.48) | Isa 65:5 |
| They say, ‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long. |
| (0.48) | Isa 65:11 |
| But as for you who abandon the Lord and forget about worshiping at 1 my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called ‘Fortune,’ 2 and fill up wine jugs for the god called ‘Destiny’ 3 – |
| (0.48) | Jer 1:1 |
| The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. 1 He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. |
| (0.48) | Jer 1:5 |
| “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb 1 I chose you. 2 Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” |
| (0.48) | Jer 2:3 |
| Israel was set apart to the Lord; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. 1 All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them,” says the Lord.’” |
| (0.48) | Jer 2:7 |
| I brought you 1 into a fertile land so you could enjoy 2 its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; 3 you made the land I call my own 4 loathsome to me. |
| (0.48) | Jer 2:10 |
| Go west 1 across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus 2 and see. Send someone east to Kedar 3 and have them look carefully. See if such a thing as this has ever happened: |
| (0.48) | Jer 2:13 |
| “Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, 1 and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.” |
| (0.48) | Jer 2:22 |
| You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” 1 says the Lord God. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 2:26 |
| Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel 1 will suffer dishonor for what they have done. 2 So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets. |
| (0.48) | Jer 3:3 |
| That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. 1 You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done. |
| (0.48) | Jer 3:21 |
| “A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; 1 they have forgotten to be true to the Lord their God. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 4:6 |
| Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. 1 Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 4:7 |
| Like a lion that has come up from its lair 1 the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. 2 He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited. |
| (0.48) | Jer 4:13 |
| Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. 1 The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. 2 His horses move more swiftly than eagles.” I cry out, 3 “We are doomed, 4 for we will be destroyed!” |
| (0.48) | Jer 4:16 |
| They are saying, 1 ‘Announce to the surrounding nations, 2 “The enemy is coming!” 3 Proclaim this message 4 to Jerusalem: “Those who besiege cities 5 are coming from a distant land. They are ready to raise the battle cry against 6 the towns in Judah.”’ |
