-
See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
-
The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
-
The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
-
The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?” “I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”
-
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:
-
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,
-
“Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
-
Unfaithful Israel
During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there.
-
How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
-
Not One Is Upright
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.
-
They have lied about the Lord; they said, “He will do nothing! No harm will come to us; we will never see sword or famine.
-
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:
-
and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.
-
“‘Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
-
Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
-
“See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the Lord.
-
Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?
-
Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.
-
But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
-
Yet you know me, Lord; you see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag them off like sheep to be butchered! Set them apart for the day of slaughter!
-
How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”
-
Look up and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was entrusted to you, the sheep of which you boasted?
-
I will pull up your skirts over your face that your shame may be seen—
-
your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?”
-
But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
