Judges 21:3
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3 “O Lord, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this happened in Israel? Now one of our tribes is missing from Israel!”
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Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah Questions the Lord’s Justice
12 Lord, you always give me justice
when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
Why are evil people so happy?
Isaiah 63:17
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17 Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
the tribes that are your special possession.
Proverbs 19:3
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3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness
and then are angry at the Lord.
Psalm 80:12
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12 But now, why have you broken down our walls
so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
Psalm 74:1
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Psalm 74
A psalm[a] of Asaph.
1 O God, why have you rejected us so long?
Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?
Footnotes
- 74:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.
Joshua 7:7-9
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7 Then Joshua cried out, “Oh, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side! 8 Lord, what can I say now that Israel has fled from its enemies? 9 For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe our name off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?”
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Deuteronomy 29:24
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24 “And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was he so angry?’
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