Discovery Box| (0.28) | Jer 8:7 |
| Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. 1 The turtledove, swallow, and crane 2 recognize 3 the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to 4 what I, the Lord, require of them. 5 |
| (0.28) | Jer 8:8 |
| How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, 1 those who teach it 2 have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 3 |
| (0.28) | Jer 8:9 |
| Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. 1 Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have? |
| (0.28) | Jer 9:17 |
| The Lord who rules over all 1 told me to say to this people, 2 “Take note of what I say. 3 Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!” 4 |
| (0.28) | Jer 9:18 |
| I said, “Indeed, 1 let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water. |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | Jer 9:20 |
| I said, 1 “So now, 2 you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. 3 Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor 4 this lament. |
| (0.28) | Jer 10:2 |
| The Lord says, “Do not start following pagan religious practices. 1 Do not be in awe of signs that occur 2 in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | Jer 10:14 |
| All these idolaters 1 will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. 2 There is no breath in any of those idols. 3 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | Jer 11:22 |
| So the Lord who rules over all 1 said, “I will surely 2 punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. 3 Their sons and daughters will die of starvation. |
| (0.28) | Jer 12:1 |
| Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. 1 However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. 2 Why are wicked people successful? 3 Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives? |
| (0.28) | Jer 12:12 |
| A destructive army 1 will come marching over the hilltops in the desert. For the Lord will use them as his destructive weapon 2 against 3 everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe. 4 |
| (0.28) | Jer 13:20 |
| Then I said, 1 “Look up, Jerusalem, 2 and see the enemy 3 that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? 4 Where now are the ‘sheep’ that you take such pride in? 5 |
| (0.28) | Jer 13:21 |
| What will you say 1 when the Lord 2 appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? 3 Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby. 4 |
| (0.28) | Jer 13:23 |
| But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian 1 change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots? 2 |
| (0.28) | Jer 14:3 |
| The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, 1 but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers 2 empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands. 3 |
| (0.28) | Jer 14:7 |
| Then I said, 1 “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name 2 even though our sins speak out against us. 3 Indeed, 4 we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you. |
| (0.28) | Jer 15:6 |
| I, the Lord, say: 1 ‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ 2 So I have unleashed my power against you 3 and have begun to destroy you. 4 I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!” 5 |
