Discovery Box| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 7:23 |
| I also explicitly commanded them:<n id="1" /> “Obey me. If you do, I<n id="2" /> will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you<n id="3" /> and things will go well with you.” |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 7:32 |
| So, watch out!”<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>. “The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley<n id="2" /> the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room.<n id="3" /> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 8:10 |
| <n id="1" /><p class="poetry">So I will give their wives to other menp> <p class="poetry">and their fields to new owners.p> <p class="poetry">For from the least important to the most important of them,p> <p class="poetry">all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.p> <p class="poetry">Prophets and priests alike,p> <p class="poetry">all practice deceit.p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 8:12 |
| <p class="poetry">Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things?p> <p class="poetry">No, they are not at all ashamed!p> <p class="poetry">They do not even know how to blush!p> <p class="poetry">So they will die just like others have died.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 9:3 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows.p> <p class="poetry">Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They have become powerful in the land,p> <p class="poetry">but they have not done so by honest means.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, they do one evil thing after another<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not pay attention to me.<n id="5" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 9:10 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">I said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">“I will weep and mourn<n id="2" /> for the grasslands on the mountains,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wildernessp> <p class="poetry">because they are so scorched no one travels through them.p> <p class="poetry">The sound of livestock is no longer heard there.p> <p class="poetry">Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fieldsp> <p class="poetry">have fled and are gone.”p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 9:26 |
| That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples.<n id="1" /> I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the <sc>Lordsc>’s sight.<n id="2" /> Moreover, none of the people of Israel<n id="3" /> are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.”<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 10:25 |
| <p class="poetry">Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Vent it on the peoples<n id="2" /> who do not worship you.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have destroyed the people of Jacob.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They have completely destroyed them<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and left their homeland in utter ruin.p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 11:14 |
| So, Jeremiah,<n id="1" /> do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them.<n id="2" /> For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.”<n id="3" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 11:19 |
| <p class="poetry">Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter.p> <p class="poetry">I did not know they were making plans to kill me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I did not know they were saying,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Let’s remove Jeremiah<n id="4" /> from the world of the livingp> <p class="poetry">so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”<n id="5" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 12:4 |
| <p class="poetry">How long must the land be parched<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the grass in every field be withered?p> <p class="poetry">How long<n id="2" /> must the animals and the birds diep> <p class="poetry">because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For these people boast,p> <p class="poetry">“God<n id="4" /> will not see what happens to us.”<n id="5" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 12:12 |
| <p class="poetry">A destructive army<n id="1" /> will come marchingp> <p class="poetry">over the hilltops in the desert.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will use them as his destructive weapon<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">against<n id="3" /> everyone from one end of the land to the other.p> <p class="poetry">No one will be safe.<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 13:11 |
| For,’ I say,<n id="1" /> ‘just as shorts cling tightly to a person’s body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah<n id="2" /> tightly<n id="3" /> to me.’ I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise.<n id="4" /> But they would not obey me.p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 13:12 |
| <p class="bodytext">“So tell them,<n id="1" /> ‘The <sc>Lord,sc> the God of Israel, says, “Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine.”’<n id="2" /> And they will probably say to you, ‘Do you not think we know<n id="3" /> that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?’ |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 14:13 |
| <p class="bodytext">Then I said, “Oh, Lord <sc>Godsc>,<n id="1" /> look!<n id="2" /> The prophets are telling them that you said,<n id="3" /> ‘You will not experience war or suffer famine.<n id="4" /> I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.’”<n id="5" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 14:17 |
| <t /><p class="poetry">“Tell these people this, Jeremiah:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">‘My eyes overflow with tearsp> <p class="poetry">day and night without ceasing.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For my people, my dear children,<n id="3" /> have suffered a crushing blow.p> <p class="poetry">They have suffered a serious wound.<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 14:18 |
| <p class="poetry">If I go out into the countryside,p> <p class="poetry">I see those who have been killed in battle.p> <p class="poetry">If I go into the city,p> <p class="poetry">I see those who are sick because of starvation.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For both prophet and priest go about their own businessp> <p class="poetry">in the land without having any real understanding.’”<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 14:22 |
| <p class="poetry">Do any of the worthless idols<n id="1" /> of the nations cause rain to fall?p> <p class="poetry">Do the skies themselves send showers?p> <p class="poetry">Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So we put our hopes in you<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because you alone do all this.”p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 15:2 |
| If they ask you, ‘Where should we go?’ tell them the <sc>Lordsc> says this:p> <p class="poetry">“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease.p> <p class="poetry">Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war.p> <p class="poetry">Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation.p> <p class="poetry">Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”<n id="1" />p> |
| (0.38555754609929) | Jer 16:3 |
| For I, the <sc>Lordsc>, tell you what will happen to<n id="1" /> the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.<n id="2" /> |
