Verse 18

An Appeal to God as Witness“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 26:21 : 21 For look, the LORD is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
• Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.
• Gen 4:11 : 11 So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
• Neh 4:5 : 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
• Job 27:9 : 9 Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?
• Jas 4:3-4 : 3 you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions. 4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.
• Isa 58:9-9 : 9 Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully. 10 You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.
• Jer 22:29 : 29 O land of Judah, land of Judah, land of Judah! Listen to the LORD’s message!