Judges 21:3
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3 And they said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”
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Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah's Complaint
12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
Isaiah 63:17
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17 O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
and (A)harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
(B)Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.
Proverbs 19:3
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Psalm 80:12
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12 Why then have you (A)broken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
Psalm 74:1
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Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause
A Maskil[a] of (A)Asaph.
74 O God, why do you (B)cast us off forever?
Why does your anger (C)smoke against (D)the sheep of your pasture?
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Joshua 7:7-9
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7 And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, (A)why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and (B)cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”
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Deuteronomy 29:24
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24 all the nations (A)will say, (B)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’
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