Discovery Box| (0.48) | Jer 49:23 |
| The Lord spoke 1 about Damascus. 2 “The people of Hamath and Arpad 3 will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest. 4 |
| (0.48) | Jer 49:31 |
| The Lord says, 1 “Army of Babylon, 2 go and attack a nation that lives in peace and security. They have no gates or walls to protect them. 3 They live all alone. |
| (0.48) | Jer 49:33 |
| “Hazor will become a permanent wasteland, a place where only jackals live. 1 No one will live there. No human being will settle in it.” 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 50:5 |
| They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come 1 and bind themselves to the Lord in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 50:7 |
| All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said, ‘We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the Lord, their true pasture. 1 They have sinned against the Lord in whom their ancestors 2 trusted.’ 3 |
| (0.48) | Jer 50:13 |
| After I vent my wrath on it Babylon will be uninhabited. 1 It will be totally desolate. All who pass by will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 50:24 |
| I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured. 1 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:5 |
| “For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken 1 by their God, the Lord who rules over all. 2 For the land of Babylonia is 3 full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. 4 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:19 |
| The Lord, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. 1 He is known as the Lord who rules over all. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:43 |
| The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them. 1 |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:3 |
| ג (Gimel) Judah 1 has departed into exile under 2 affliction and harsh oppression. 3 She 4 lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in 5 narrow straits. 6 |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:6 |
| ו (Vav) All of Daughter Zion’s 1 splendor 2 has departed. 3 Her leaders became like deer; they found no pasture, so they were too exhausted to escape 4 from the hunter. 5 |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:9 |
| ט (Tet) Her menstrual flow 1 has soiled 2 her clothing; 3 she did not consider 4 the consequences of her sin. 5 Her demise 6 was astonishing, 7 and there was no one to comfort her. She cried, “Look, 8 O Lord, on my 9 affliction because my |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:10 |
| י (Yod) An enemy grabbed 1 all her valuables. 2 Indeed she watched in horror 3 as Gentiles 4 invaded her holy temple 5 – those whom you 6 had commanded: “They must not enter 7 your assembly place.” 8 |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:14 |
| נ (Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; 1 they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke 2 on my neck; 3 he has sapped my strength. 4 The Lord 5 has handed me over 6 to those whom I cannot resist. |
| (0.48) | Lam 2:8 |
| ח (Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; 1 he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. 2 He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. 3 |
| (0.48) | Lam 2:9 |
| ט (Tet) Her city gates have fallen 1 to the ground; he smashed to bits 2 the bars that lock her gates. 3 Her king and princes were taken into exile; 4 there is no more guidance available. 5 As for her prophets, they no longer receive 6 a vision from the Lord. |
| (0.48) | Lam 2:21 |
| ש (Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women 1 and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; 2 you slaughtered them without mercy. 3 |
| (0.48) | Lam 4:8 |
| ח (Khet) Now their appearance 1 is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark. |
| (0.48) | Lam 4:12 |
| ל (Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands 1 ever thought 2 that enemy or foe would enter the gates 3 of Jerusalem. 4 |
