Discovery Box| (0.55) | Isa 66:9 |
| “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God. 1 |
| (0.55) | Isa 66:24 |
| “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, 1 and the fire that consumes them will not die out. 2 All people will find the sight abhorrent.” 3 |
| (0.55) | 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.’” |
| (0.55) | 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: |
| (0.55) | 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.” |
| (0.55) | Jer 2:21 |
| I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes? 1 |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | 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. |
| (0.55) | Jer 3:10 |
| In spite of all this, 1 Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” 2 says the Lord. |
| (0.55) | Jer 3:23 |
| We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. 1 We know that the Lord our God is the only one who can deliver Israel. 2 |
| (0.55) | Jer 3:24 |
| From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away 1 all that our ancestors 2 worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters. |
| (0.55) | Jer 4:1 |
| “If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the Lord, “if you want to come back to me 1 you must get those disgusting idols 2 out of my sight and must no longer go astray. 3 |
| (0.55) | 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 |
| (0.55) | Jer 4:28 |
| Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. 1 For I have made my purpose known 2 and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.” 3 |
| (0.55) | Jer 5:4 |
| I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. 1 They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. 2 They do not know what their God requires of them. 3 |
| (0.55) | Jer 5:10 |
| The Lord commanded the enemy, 1 “March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. 2 But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the Lord. 3 |
| (0.55) | Jer 5:27 |
| Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, 1 their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. 2 That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. 3 |
| (0.55) | Jer 5:31 |
| The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. 1 And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes! 2 |
| (0.55) | Jer 6:4 |
| They will say, 1 ‘Prepare to do battle 2 against it! Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’ But later they will say, 3 ‘Oh, oh! Too bad! 4 The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long. |
| (0.55) | Jer 6:7 |
| As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. 1 Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. 2 All I see are sick and wounded people.’ 3 |
