Discovery Box| (0.15) | Isa 18:5 |
| For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, 1 he will cut off the unproductive shoots 2 with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils. 3 |
| (0.15) | Isa 23:4 |
| Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea 1 says this, O fortress of the sea: “I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women.” 2 |
| (0.15) | Isa 28:21 |
| For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, 1 he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, 2 to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task. 3 |
| (0.15) | Isa 43:14 |
| This is what the Lord says, your protector, 1 the Holy One of Israel: 2 “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, 3 turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. 4 |
| (0.15) | Isa 44:28 |
| who commissions 1 Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd 2 to carry out all my wishes 3 and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’” 4 |
| (0.15) | Isa 46:7 |
| They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not 1 move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress. |
| (0.15) | Jer 4:19 |
| I said, 1 “Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! 2 I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! 3 My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; 4 the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul! 5 |
| (0.15) | Jer 6:9 |
| This is what the Lord who rules over all 1 said to me: 2 “Those who remain in Israel will be like the grapes thoroughly gleaned 3 from a vine. So go over them again, as though you were a grape harvester passing your hand over the branches one last time.” 4 |
| (0.15) | Jer 6:26 |
| So I said, 1 “Oh, my dear people, 2 put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now 3 that destructive army 4 will come against us.” |
| (0.15) | Jer 9:24 |
| If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” 1 says the Lord. |
| (0.15) | Jer 16:9 |
| For I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, tell you what will happen. 1 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.’” 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 19:15 |
| “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 says, ‘I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it 2 all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused 3 to pay any attention to what I have said!’” |
| (0.15) | Jer 21:2 |
| “Please ask the Lord to come and help us, 1 because King Nebuchadnezzar 2 of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave.” 3 |
| (0.15) | Jer 23:28 |
| Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! 1 I, the Lord, affirm it! 2 |
| (0.15) | Jer 30:6 |
| Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: 1 Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like 2 a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale? |
| (0.15) | Jer 43:9 |
| “Take some large stones 1 and bury them in the mortar of the clay pavement 2 at the entrance of Pharaoh’s residence 3 here in Tahpanhes. Do it while the people of Judah present there are watching. 4 |
| (0.15) | Jer 51:58 |
| This is what the Lord who rules over all 1 says, “Babylon’s thick wall 2 will be completely demolished. 3 Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. 4 The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.” 5 |
| (0.15) | Eze 21:15 |
| So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter! |
| (0.15) | Eze 24:17 |
| Groan in silence for the dead, 1 but do not perform mourning rites. 2 Bind on your turban 3 and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip 4 and do not eat food brought by others.” 5 |
| (0.15) | Dan 9:19 |
| O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” 1 |
