Jeremiah 2:6

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They didn’t ask, “Where is the Lord, who brought us from Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a wasteland and its pits, a land of drought and the shadow of death. No one lives there or travels there.”

Cross References

2 Kings 2:14

He took the coat and struck the water with it. He asked, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” As he struck the water, it divided to his left and his right, and Elisha crossed ⌞the river⌟.

Job 3:5

Let the darkness and long shadows claim it as their own. Let a dark cloud hang over it. Let the gloom terrify it.

Job 35:10

But no one asks, ‘Where is God, my Creator, who inspires songs in the night,

Psalm 23:4

Even though I walk through the dark valley of death, because you are with me, I fear no harm. Your rod and your staff give me courage.

Psalm 77:5

I have considered the days of old, the years long ago.

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their troubles he was troubled, and he was the Messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

Isaiah 64:7

No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You have let us be ruined by our sins.

Jeremiah 13:16

Honor the Lord your God before it gets dark, before your feet stumble on the mountains in the twilight. You will look for light, but the Lord will turn it into the shadow of death and change it into deep darkness.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and announce to Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that couldn’t be farmed.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests didn’t ask, “Where is the Lord?” Those who deal with my teachings didn’t know me. The rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and followed statues that couldn’t help them.

Jeremiah 5:12

They lie about the Lord and say, “He doesn’t exist! Nothing bad will happen to us. We won’t experience war or famine.

Jeremiah 5:2

People say, “As the Lord lives …” Yet, they lie when they take this oath.

Jeremiah 51:43

Its cities will be ruined. It will become a desert, a land where no one lives and where no human travels.

Hosea 12:13

The Lord used a prophet to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet to take care of them.

Hosea 13:4

“I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me.

Amos 2:10

I brought you out of Egypt. I led you through the desert for 40 years so that you could take possession of the land of the Amorites.

Matthew 4:16

The people who lived in darkness have seen a bright light. A light has risen for those who live in a land overshadowed by death.”

Deuteronomy 1:19

So we left Mount Horeb, as the Lord our God had commanded. We traveled through all that vast and dangerous desert you saw on the way to the mountain region of the Amorites. At last we came to Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were helpless.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember that for 40 years the Lord your God led you on your journey in the desert. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know whether or not you would wholeheartedly obey his commands.

Judges 6:13

Gideon responded, “Excuse me, sir! But if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracles our ancestors have told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and has handed us over to Midian.”