Discovery Box| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 3:8 |
| She also saw<n id="1" /> that I gave wayward Israel her divorce papers and sent her away because of her adulterous worship of other gods.<n id="2" /> Even after her unfaithful sister Judah had seen this,<n id="3" /> she still was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.<n id="4" /> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 3:13 |
| <p class="poetry">However, you must confess that you have done wrong,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and that you have rebelled against the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p> <p class="poetry">You must confess<n id="2" /> that you have given yourself to<n id="3" /> foreign gods under every green tree,p> <p class="poetry">and have not obeyed my commands,’ says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 3:17 |
| At that time the city of Jerusalem<n id="1" /> will be called the <sc>Lordsc>’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the <sc>Lordsc>’s name.<n id="2" /> They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.<n id="3" /> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 3:19 |
| <p class="poetry">“I thought to myself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">What a joy it would be for me to give<n id="3" /> you a pleasant land,p> <p class="poetry">the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I thought you would call me, ‘Father’<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and would never cease being loyal to me.<n id="6" />p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 3:25 |
| <p class="poetry">Let us acknowledge<n id="1" /> our shame.p> <p class="poetry">Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For we have sinned against the <sc>Lordsc> our God,p> <p class="poetry">both we and our ancestors.p> <p class="poetry">From earliest times to this very dayp> <p class="poetry">we have not obeyed the <sc>Lordsc> our God.’p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 5:19 |
| “So then, Jeremiah,<n id="1" /> when your people<n id="2" /> ask, ‘Why has the <sc>Lordsc> our God done all this to us?’ tell them, ‘It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So<n id="3" /> you must serve foreigners<n id="4" /> in a land that does not belong to you.’p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 6:16 |
| <p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to his people:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Ask where the old, reliable paths<n id="3" /> are.p> <p class="poetry">Ask where the path is that leads to blessing<n id="4" /> and follow it.p> <p class="poetry">If you do, you will find rest for your souls.”p> <p class="poetry">But they said, “We will not follow it!”p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 6:19 |
| <p class="poetry">Hear this, you peoples of the earth:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">‘Take note!<n id="2" /> I am about to bring disaster on these people.p> <p class="poetry">It will come as punishment for their scheming.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have paid no attention to what I have said,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and they have rejected my law.p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 6:23 |
| <p class="poetry">Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears.p> <p class="poetry">They are cruel and show no mercy.p> <p class="poetry">They sound like the roaring seap> <p class="poetry">as they ride forth on their horses.p> <p class="poetry">Lined up in formation like men going into battlep> <p class="poetry">to attack you, Daughter Zion.’”<n id="1" />p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 7:20 |
| So,” the Lord <sc>Godsc><n id="1" /> says, “my raging fury will be poured out on this land.<n id="2" /> It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops.<n id="3" /> And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | 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" /> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 8:6 |
| <p class="poetry">I have listened to them very carefully,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they do not speak honestly.p> <p class="poetry">None of them regrets the evil he has done.p> <p class="poetry">None of them says, “I have done wrong!”<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All of them persist in their own wayward course<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like a horse charging recklessly into battle.p> |
| (0.32978704878049) | 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> |
| (0.32978704878049) | 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> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 13:10 |
| These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said.<n id="1" /> They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance<n id="2" /> to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So<n id="3" /> they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing. |
| (0.32978704878049) | 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> |
| (0.32978704878049) | 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?’ |
| (0.32978704878049) | 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> |
| (0.32978704878049) | 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> |
| (0.32978704878049) | Jer 15:19 |
| <p class="bodytext">Because of this, the <sc>Lordsc> said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">“You must repent of such words and thoughts!p> <p class="poetry">If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless,p> <p class="poetry">I will again allow you to be my spokesman.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They must become as you have been.p> <p class="poetry">You must not become like them.<n id="4" />p> |
