Jeremiah 1:18–19 “’Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land. They will fight against you, but they...

Habakkuk 2:14; 3:17–18 “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea … Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields produce...

John 7:19, 24 “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me? ... Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” Observation: Jesus, teaching in the Jerusalem temple, was greeted by...

John 6:28–29 “They said to Him, ‘What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?’ Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’ ” Observation: Jesus had just miraculously fed well over 5,000 people on the...

John 5:7 “The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.’ ” Observation: The man had been sick for thirty-eight years. He had taken his daily trip to the Pool of...

2 Kings 21:9 “But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.                  Observation:...

Isaiah 65:1 “I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here am I, Here am I,’ to a nation which did not call on My name.” Isaiah 66:1–2 “Thus says the Lord, ‘Heaven is my...

Psalm 107:26–29 “Their soul melted away in their misery. They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, and were at their wits’ end. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses. He caused the storm to be still.” Isaiah...

Isaiah 62:6–7 “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest of yourselves; and give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”...

Isaiah 55:12 “For you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” Observation: The whole of chapter 55 is an enticing invitation to...