And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord [a]God, (A)why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!

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  1. Joshua 7:7 Heb. YHWH, Lord

And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

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And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:

(A)“My son, do not despise the [a]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;

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  1. Hebrews 12:5 discipline

And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(A) when he rebukes you,

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10 And the king of Israel said, “Alas! For the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

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10 “What!” exclaimed the king of Israel. “Has the Lord called us three kings together only to deliver us into the hands of Moab?”

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17 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? (A)Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart [a]still hardened? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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  1. Mark 8:17 NU omits still

17 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?(A) 18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?

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20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your [a]unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, (A)if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

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  1. Matthew 17:20 NU little faith

20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith(A) as small as a mustard seed,(B) you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.(C) Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O [a]faithless and (A)perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”

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  1. Matthew 17:17 unbelieving

17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

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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?
You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(C)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.

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  1. Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys

Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?
You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.(G)

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11 (A)I said in my haste,
(B)“All men are liars.”

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11 in my alarm I said,
    “Everyone is a liar.”(A)

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(A)“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. (B)Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. (C)From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.

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“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River(A) into the land(B) I am about to give to them(C)—to the Israelites. I will give you every place where you set your foot,(D) as I promised Moses.(E) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon,(F) and from the great river, the Euphrates(G)—all the Hittite(H) country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.(I)

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(A)Why have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here? And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.”

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Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,(A) that we and our livestock should die here?(B) Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.(C) And there is no water to drink!(D)

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Why has the Lord brought us to this land to [a]fall by the sword, that our wives and (A)children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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  1. Numbers 14:3 be killed in battle

Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?(A) Our wives and children(B) will be taken as plunder.(C) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?(D)

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And the people thirsted there for water, and the people (A)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our (B)livestock with thirst?”

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But the people were thirsty(A) for water there, and they grumbled(B) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(C) of thirst?”

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And the children of Israel said to them, (A)“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, (B)when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

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The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!(A) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food(B) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”(C)

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