Isaiah 40:27
Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 27:2 : 2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter–
- Isa 49:4 : 4 But I thought,“I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the LORD will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
- Luke 18:7-8 : 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
- Isa 49:14 : 14 The Lord Remembers Zion“Zion said,‘The LORD has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’
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3He said to me,“You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”
4But I thought,“I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the LORD will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
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2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
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1Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
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15Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!
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7Then they say,“The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
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14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
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24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
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9Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.
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7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.
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9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
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22The Lord Rebukes His People“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.
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26Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.
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24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
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28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.
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24Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.
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15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”
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1LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
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25“Yet you say,‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?
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11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
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8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
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13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?
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17Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”
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31You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
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19I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
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1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
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17For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
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11He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”
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29Yet the house of Israel says,‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?
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7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
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3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.
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22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
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14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!
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11Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.
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2Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”
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3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?
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8You have been the object of Israel’s hopes. You have saved them when they were in trouble. Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land? Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?
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7Does the family of Jacob say,‘The LORD’s patience can’t be exhausted– he would never do such things’? To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them,
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3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
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12ל(Lamed) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.
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19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.
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5For Job says,‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.
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13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?
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20So I said,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
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1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
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2Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.
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37He will say,“Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,
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13Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?
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23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?