Discovery Box| (0.40) | Jer 37:3 |
| King Zedekiah sent 1 Jehucal 2 son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah 3 son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. He told them to say, “Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf.” |
| (0.40) | Jer 37:12 |
| Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there. 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 38:18 |
| But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians 1 and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.’” 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 39:1 |
| King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. The siege began in the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah. 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 39:9 |
| Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, 1 took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him. 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 40:6 |
| So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah 1 and lived there with him. He stayed there to live among the people who had been left in the land of Judah. 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 40:12 |
| So all these Judeans returned to the land of Judah from the places where they had been scattered. They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Thus they harvested a large amount of wine and dates and figs. 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 41:6 |
| Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them. He was pretending to cry 1 as he walked along. When he met them, he said to them, “Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 42:14 |
| You must not say, ‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, 1 or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, 2 or starve for lack of food.’ 3 |
| (0.40) | Jer 43:4 |
| So Johanan son of Kareah, all the army officers, and all the rest of the people did not obey the Lord’s command to stay in the land. |
| (0.40) | Jer 43:5 |
| Instead Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led off all the Judean remnant who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered. 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 44:1 |
| The Lord spoke to Jeremiah concerning 1 all the Judeans who were living in the land of Egypt, those in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the region of southern Egypt. 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 44:2 |
| “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 says, ‘You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem 2 and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted. 3 |
| (0.40) | Jer 44:6 |
| So my anger and my wrath were poured out and burned like a fire through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. That is why they have become the desolate ruins that they are today.’ |
| (0.40) | Jer 44:18 |
| But ever since we stopped sacrificing and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in great need. Our people have died in wars or of starvation.” 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 45:1 |
| The prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah while he was writing down in a scroll the words that Jeremiah spoke to him. 1 This happened in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 46:25 |
| The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 says, “I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes. 2 I will punish Egypt, its gods, and its kings. I will punish Pharaoh and all who trust in him. 3 |
| (0.40) | Jer 48:5 |
| Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. 1 For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction. 2 |
| (0.40) | Jer 48:13 |
| The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel. 1 |
| (0.40) | Jer 48:17 |
| Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. 1 Mourn and say, ‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!’ 2 |
