Exodus 5:22
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Israel’s Deliverance Assured(A)
22 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me?
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Jeremiah 20:7
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Jeremiah’s Unpopular Ministry
7 O Lord, You [a]induced me, and I was persuaded;
(A)You are stronger than I, and have prevailed.
(B)I am [b]in derision daily;
Everyone mocks me.
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- Jeremiah 20:7 enticed or persuaded
- Jeremiah 20:7 Lit. a laughingstock all the day
Habakkuk 2:3
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3 For (A)the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will (B)not lie.
Though it tarries, (C)wait for it;
Because it will (D)surely come,
It will not tarry.
Psalm 73:25
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25 (A)Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
1 Kings 19:10
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10 So he said, (A)“I have been very (B)zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and (C)killed Your prophets with the sword. (D)I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
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1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [a]broom tree. And he (A)prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
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- 1 Kings 19:4 juniper
1 Samuel 30:6
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6 Now David was greatly distressed, for (A)the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was [a]grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. (B)But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
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- 1 Samuel 30:6 Lit. bitter
Numbers 11:14-15
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14 (A)I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and (B)do not let me see my wretchedness!”
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Numbers 11:11
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11 (A)So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the [a]burden of all these people on me?
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- Numbers 11:11 responsibility
Exodus 17:4
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4 So Moses (A)cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to (B)stone[a] me!”
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- Exodus 17:4 Put me to death by stoning
Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah’s Question
12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
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