Maria Esther Torres's Highlights
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:23 ESV
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:21 ESV
For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the Lord; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:18 ESV
For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will bring distress on them, that they may feel it."
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:19 ESV
Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, "Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it."
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:16 ESV
Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:15 ESV
They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:14 ESV
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:13 ESV
When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:12 ESV
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:11 ESV
Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:10 ESV
But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:9 ESV
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:8 ESV
They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:7 ESV
Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:1 ESV
Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:2 ESV
Thus says the Lord: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them,
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:6 ESV
There is none like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is great in might.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:5 ESV
Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good."
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:4 ESV
They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.
Dec 21
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 10:3 ESV
for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
Dec 21