Verse 3

And sayde, O Lorde God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that this day one tribe of Israel should want?

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 29:24 : 24 Then shall all nations say, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this lande? how fierce is this great wrath?
  • Josh 7:7-9 : 7 And Ioshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou brought this people ouer Iorden, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, and to destroye vs? would God we had bene content to dwell on the other side Iorden. 8 Oh Lord, what shal I say, when Israel turne their backes before their enemies? 9 For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall compasse vs, and destroy our name out of the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy mightie Name?
  • Ps 74:1 : 1 A Psalme to giue instruction, committed to Asaph. O God, why hast thou put vs away for euer? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheepe of thy pasture?
  • Ps 80:12 : 12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O Lorde, why hast thou made vs to erre from thy wayes? and hardened our heart from thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, and for the tribes of thine inheritance.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 O Lorde, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse?