BJ
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BJ
highlighted Jeremiah 31:34 ESV
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
Feb 20
BJ
highlighted Jeremiah 31:33 ESV
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Feb 20
BJ
highlighted Jeremiah 31:32 ESV
not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord.
Feb 20
BJ
highlighted Jeremiah 31:31 ESV
"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
Feb 20
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 59:15 NLT
Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked. The LORD looked and was displeased to find there was no justice.
Mar 20
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 59:14 NLT
Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.
Mar 20
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 58:7 NLT
Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
Mar 20
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 58:6 NLT
“No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.
Mar 20
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 57:1 NLT
Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come.
Mar 17
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 55:11 NLT
It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
Mar 17
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 55:8 NLT
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
Mar 17
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 54:10 NLT
For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you.
Mar 17
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 53:6 NLT
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.
Mar 17
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 52:7 NLT
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!
Mar 14
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 49:6 NLT
He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Mar 14
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 45:23 NLT
I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.”
Mar 14
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 45:22 NLT
Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other.
Mar 14
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 45:9 NLT
“What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’
Mar 14
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 44:19 NLT
The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, “Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”
Mar 14
BJ
highlighted Isaiah 40:31 NLT
But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Mar 13