Verse 13

surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the LORD is afflicting me!”

Referenced Verses

• Job 19:21 : 21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
• Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)
• Judg 2:15 : 15 Whenever they went out to fight, the LORD did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.
• Ps 38:2 : 2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
• Ps 39:9-9 : 9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. 10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
• 1 Sam 5:11 : 11 So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and said,“Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us and our people!” The terror of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there.
• Deut 2:15 : 15 Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.