Judges 21:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:1

Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why is it well with all them that transgress and do wickedly?

Isaiah 63:17

Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways. Why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.

Proverbs 19:3

The folly of a man supplanteth his seeps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.

Psalm 80:12

But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

Psalm 74:1

Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph.

Deuteronomy 29:24

And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? What meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?

Judges 21:2

And they all came to the house of God in Silo: and abiding before him till the evening lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:

Judges 21:4

And rising early the next day, they built an altar: and offered there holocausts, and victims of peace. And they said: