Category Archives: repentance

the bitter can be blessed

the bitter can be blessed Lamentations 3:10-18 (JDV) Lamentations 3:10 He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding. Lamentations 3:11 He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; he left me desolate. Lamentations 3:12 … Continue reading

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look at my pain

look at my pain Lamentations 1:18-19 (JDV) Lamentations 1:18 Yahveh is being just, because I have rebelled against his command. Listen, all you people; look at my pain. My young women and young men have gone into captivity. Lamentations 1:19 … Continue reading

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what the king didn’t know

what the king didn’t know Joshua 8:14-17 (JDV) Joshua 8:14 When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, the men of the city hurried and went out early in the morning so that he and all his people could engage … Continue reading

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loser lottery

loser lottery Joshua 7:14-15 (JDV) Joshua 7:14 In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe Yahveh selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan Yahveh selects is to come forward family by family. The family Yahveh … Continue reading

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leaving the rubble alone

leaving the rubble alone Joshua 6:26 -27 (JDV) Joshua 6:26 At that time Joshua imposed this curse: The man who undertakes the rebuilding of this city, Jericho, is cursed before Yahveh. He will lay its foundation at the cost of … Continue reading

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symbol of fear

symbol of fear Joshua 6:6-7 (JDV) Joshua 6:6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests together and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven trumpets in front of the ark … Continue reading

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together again

together again Jeremiah 50:4-10 (JDV) Jeremiah 50:4 In those days and at that time – this is what Yahveh declares – the sons of Israel and sons of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek Yahveh … Continue reading

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devastate – restore

devastate – restore Jeremiah 49:34-39 (JDV) Jeremiah 49:34 This is the word of Yahveh that came to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam at the first of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. Jeremiah 49:35 This is what Yahveh of … Continue reading

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trusting in our treasures

trusting in our treasures Jeremiah 49:1-6 (JDV) Jeremiah 49:1 This is what Yahveh says about the Ammonites: Does Israel have no sons? Is he without an heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad and his people settled in their cities? … Continue reading

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proven right

proven right Jeremiah 39:1-10 (JDV) Jeremiah 39:1 In the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and besieged it. Jeremiah 39:2 In the fourth month … Continue reading

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