Maria Esther Torres

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:4 ESV

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, "He will not see our latter end."

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:8 ESV

My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:7 ESV

"I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:6 ESV

For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you."

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:5 ESV

"If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:3 ESV

But you, O Lord, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:2 ESV

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 12:1 ESV

Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

almost 11 years ago

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more."

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:23 ESV

and none of them shall be left. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment."

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:22 ESV

therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:21 ESV

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, and say, "Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand"—

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:20 ESV

But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:18 ESV

The Lord made it known to me and I knew; then you showed me their deeds.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:16 ESV

The Lord once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:14 ESV

"Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:13 ESV

For your gods have become as many as your cities, O Judah, and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to shame, altars to make offerings to Baal.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:12 ESV

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble.

almost 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 11:10 ESV

They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers.

almost 11 years ago

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