Discovery Box| (1.00) | Hab 1:1 |
| The following is the message 1 which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet: 2 |
| (1.00) | Hab 1:5 |
| “Look at the nations and pay attention! 1 You will be shocked and amazed! 2 For I will do something in your lifetime 3 that you will not believe even though you are forewarned. 4 |
| (1.00) | Hab 1:6 |
| Look, I am about to empower 1 the Babylonians, that ruthless 2 and greedy 3 nation. They sweep across the surface 4 of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them. |
| (1.00) | Hab 1:12 |
| Lord, you have been active from ancient times; 1 my sovereign God, 2 you are immortal. 3 Lord, you have made them 4 your instrument of judgment. 5 Protector, 6 you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment. 7 |
| (1.00) | Hab 1:14 |
| You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea 1 that have no ruler. |
| (1.00) | Hab 1:16 |
| Because of his success 1 he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; 2 for because of them he has plenty of food, 3 and more than enough to eat. 4 |
| (1.00) | Hab 2:1 |
| I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. 1 I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know 2 how I should answer when he counters my argument. 3 |
| (1.00) | Hab 2:6 |
| “But all these nations will someday taunt him 1 and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 2 ‘The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead 3 (How long will this go on?) 4 – he who gets rich by extortion!’ 5 |
| (1.00) | Hab 2:13 |
| Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing. 1 |
| (1.00) | Hab 2:18 |
| What good 1 is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? 2 What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? 3 Why would its creator place his trust in it 4 and make 5 such mute, worthless things? |
| (1.00) | Hab 3:2 |
| Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; 1 I am awed, 2 Lord, by what you accomplished. 3 In our time 4 repeat those deeds; 5 in our time reveal them again. 6 But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy! 7 |
| (1.00) | Hab 3:7 |
| I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; 1 the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking. 2 |
| (1.00) | Hab 3:9 |
| Your bow is ready for action; 1 you commission your arrows. 2 Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface. 3 |
| (1.00) | Hab 3:17 |
| When 1 the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, 2 and the fields yield no crops; 3 when the sheep disappear 4 from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, |
| (1.00) | Zep 1:1 |
| This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to 1 Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. Zephaniah delivered this message during the reign of 2 King Josiah son of Amon of Judah: |
| (1.00) | Zep 1:3 |
| “I will destroy people and animals; I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea. (The idolatrous images of these creatures will be destroyed along with evil people.) 1 I will remove 2 humanity from the face of the earth,” says the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Zep 1:4 |
| “I will attack 1 Judah and all who live in Jerusalem. 2 I will remove 3 from this place every trace of Baal worship, 4 as well as the very memory 5 of the pagan priests. 6 |
| (1.00) | Zep 1:5 |
| I will remove 1 those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, 2 those who swear allegiance to the Lord 3 while taking oaths in the name of 4 their ‘king,’ 5 |
| (1.00) | Zep 1:6 |
| and those who turn their backs on 1 the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.” 2 |
| (1.00) | Zep 1:9 |
| On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, 1 who fill the house of their master 2 with wealth taken by violence and deceit. 3 |
