Verse 15

And now, because His anger does not punish, and He does not take note of human transgressions in full measure,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:32 : 32 if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
  • Hos 11:8-9 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within Me; My compassion grows warm and tender. 9 I will not carry out My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.
  • Luke 1:20 : 20 Now listen, you will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.
  • Heb 12:11-12 : 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
  • Num 20:12 : 12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe me and treat me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I am giving them."
  • Job 4:5 : 5 But now it has come to you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are troubled.
  • Job 9:14 : 14 How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.
  • Job 30:15-31 : 15 Terrors are turned upon me; they pursue my dignity like the wind, and my salvation has vanished like a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me. 17 At night my bones are pierced within me, and my veins find no rest. 18 With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me like the collar of my tunic. 19 He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes. 20 I cry out to You, but You do not answer; I stand up, but You just look at me. 21 You have turned cruel to me; with Your strong hand, You oppose me. 22 You lift me up and make me ride on the wind; You dissolve me in the storm. 23 I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living. 24 Surely one does not stretch out a hand in ruin or cry for help in disaster. 25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy? 26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came. 27 My insides are in turmoil and never sit still; days of suffering confront me. 28 I walk in mourning without sunlight; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help. 29 I am a brother to jackals and a companion to ostriches. 30 My skin grows black and peels off, and my bones burn with fever. 31 My harp is turned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
  • Ps 88:11-16 : 11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah. 12 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? 13 Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 14 But I, LORD, cry to you for help; in the morning, my prayer comes before you. 15 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? 16 I have been afflicted and close to death since my youth; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.