Discovery Box| (0.33) | Jer 27:8 |
| But suppose a nation or a kingdom will not be subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Suppose it will not submit to the yoke of servitude to 1 him. I, the Lord, affirm that 2 I will punish that nation. I will use the king of Babylon to punish it 3 with war, 4 starvation, and disease until I have destroyed it. 5 |
| (0.33) | Jer 27:9 |
| So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, 1 by dreams, by consulting the dead, 2 or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, ‘You do not need to be 3 subject to the king of Babylon.’ |
| (0.33) | Jer 27:15 |
| For I, the Lord, affirm 1 that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you. If you 2 listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile.” 3 |
| (0.33) | Jer 29:18 |
| I will chase after them with war, 1 starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them. |
| (0.33) | Jer 29:19 |
| For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ 1 says the Lord. 2 ‘And you exiles 3 have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the Lord. 4 |
| (0.33) | Jer 29:26 |
| “The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. 1 He has put you in charge in the Lord’s temple of controlling 2 any lunatic 3 who pretends to be a prophet. 4 And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks 5 with an iron collar around his neck. 6 |
| (0.33) | Jer 29:31 |
| “Send a message to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, ‘The Lord has spoken about Shemaiah the Nehelamite. “Shemaiah has spoken to you as a prophet even though I did not send him. He is making you trust in a lie. 1 |
| (0.33) | Jer 31:18 |
| I have indeed 1 heard the people of Israel 2 say mournfully, ‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. 3 You disciplined us and we learned from it. 4 Let us come back to you and we will do so, 5 for you are the Lord our God. |
| (0.33) | Jer 31:20 |
| Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. 1 For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them 2 and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it! 3 |
| (0.33) | Jer 31:21 |
| I will say, 1 ‘My dear children of Israel, 2 keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. 3 Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours. |
| (0.33) | Jer 31:33 |
| “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel 1 after I plant them back in the land,” 2 says the Lord. 3 “I will 4 put my law within them 5 and write it on their hearts and minds. 6 I will be their God and they will be my people. 7 |
| (0.33) | Jer 32:29 |
| The Babylonian soldiers 1 that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops. 2 |
| (0.33) | Jer 32:30 |
| This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me 1 from their earliest history until now 2 and because they 3 have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. 4 I, the Lord, affirm it! 5 |
| (0.33) | Jer 32:32 |
| I am determined to do so because the people of Israel and Judah have made me angry with all their wickedness – they, their kings, their officials, their priests, their prophets, and especially the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem 1 have done this wickedness. 2 |
| (0.33) | Jer 32:35 |
| They built places of worship for the god Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they could sacrifice their sons and daughters to the god Molech. 1 Such a disgusting practice was not something I commanded them to do! It never even entered my mind to command them to do such a thing! So Judah is certainly liable for punishment.’ 2 |
| (0.33) | Jer 32:36 |
| “You and your people 1 are right in saying, ‘War, 2 starvation, and disease are sure to make this city fall into the hands of the king of Babylon.’ 3 But now I, the Lord God of Israel, have something further to say about this city: 4 |
| (0.33) | Jer 33:10 |
| “I, the Lord, say: 1 ‘You and your people are saying 2 about this place, “It lies in ruins. There are no people or animals in it.” That is true. The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem 3 will soon be desolate, uninhabited either by people or by animals. But happy sounds will again be heard in these places. |
| (0.33) | Jer 34:2 |
| The Lord God of Israel told Jeremiah 1 to go and give King Zedekiah of Judah a message. He told Jeremiah 2 to tell him, “The Lord says, ‘I am going to 3 hand this city over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it down. |
| (0.33) | Jer 34:5 |
| You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you. 1 They will mourn for you, saying, “Poor, poor master!” 2 Indeed, you have my own word on this. 3 I, the Lord, affirm it!’” 4 |
| (0.33) | Jer 34:18 |
| I will punish those people who have violated their covenant with me. I will make them like the calf they cut in two and passed between its pieces. 1 I will do so because they did not keep the terms of the covenant they made in my presence. 2 |
