Judges 21:3
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3 and said, “O Lord God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?”
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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?
Isaiah 63:17
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17 O Lord, why have You (A)made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
Proverbs 19:3
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3 The foolishness of a man twists his way,
And his heart frets against the Lord.
Psalm 80:12
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Footnotes
- Psalm 80:12 walls or fences
Psalm 74:1
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A Plea for Relief from Oppressors
A [a]Contemplation of Asaph.
74 O God, why have You cast us off forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:1 Heb. Maschil
Joshua 7:7-9
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7 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! 8 O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its [b]back before its enemies? 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and (B)cut off our name from the earth. Then (C)what will You do for Your great name?”
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- Joshua 7:7 Heb. YHWH, Lord
- Joshua 7:8 Lit. neck
Deuteronomy 29:24
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24 All nations would say, (A)‘Why has the Lord done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’
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