Discovery Box| (0.44) | Jer 9:9 |
| I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!” 1 |
| (0.44) | Jer 9:11 |
| The Lord said, 1 “I will make Jerusalem 2 a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. 3 I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them.” |
| (0.44) | Jer 9:19 |
| For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion. They will wail, 1 ‘We are utterly ruined! 2 We are completely disgraced! For our houses have been torn down and we must leave our land.’” 3 |
| (0.44) | Jer 9:22 |
| Tell your daughters and neighbors, ‘The Lord says, “The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered.”’” 1 |
| (0.44) | Jer 10:10 |
| The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury. |
| (0.44) | Jer 10:11 |
| You people of Israel should tell those nations this: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear 1 from the earth and from under the heavens.’ 2 |
| (0.44) | Jer 10:16 |
| The Lord, who is the inheritance 1 of Jacob’s descendants, 2 is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. 3 He is known as the Lord who rules over all.” 4 |
| (0.44) | Jer 10:18 |
| For the Lord says, “I will now throw out those who live in this land. I will bring so much trouble on them that they will actually feel it.” 1 |
| (0.44) | Jer 10:21 |
| For our leaders 1 are stupid. They have not sought the Lord’s advice. 2 So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for 3 have all been scattered. |
| (0.44) | Jer 10:22 |
| Listen! News is coming even now. 1 The rumble of a great army is heard approaching 2 from a land in the north. 3 It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live. |
| (0.44) | Jer 11:13 |
| This is in spite of the fact that 1 the people of Judah have as many gods as they have towns 2 and the citizens of Jerusalem have set up as many altars to sacrifice to that disgusting god, Baal, as they have streets in the city!’ 3 |
| (0.44) | Jer 11:20 |
| So I said to the Lord, 1 “O Lord who rules over all, 2 you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. 3 I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.” 4 |
| (0.44) | Jer 11:21 |
| Then the Lord told me about 1 some men from Anathoth 2 who were threatening to kill me. 3 They had threatened, 4 “Stop prophesying in the name of the Lord or we will kill you!” 5 |
| (0.44) | Jer 12:3 |
| But you, Lord, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. 1 Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed! 2 |
| (0.44) | Jer 13:14 |
| And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. 1 I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ 2 says the Lord.” |
| (0.44) | Jer 13:17 |
| But if you will not pay attention to this warning, 1 I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears 2 because you, the Lord’s flock, 3 will be carried 4 into exile.” |
| (0.44) | Jer 14:9 |
| Why should you be like someone who is helpless, 1 like a champion 2 who cannot save anyone? You are indeed with us, 3 and we belong to you. 4 Do not abandon us!” |
| (0.44) | Jer 15:10 |
| I said, 1 “Oh, mother, how I regret 2 that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. 3 I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.” 4 |
| (0.44) | Jer 15:16 |
| As your words came to me I drank them in, 1 and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you. 2 |
| (0.44) | Jer 15:18 |
| Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?” 1 |
