Jeremiah 2:6

New Living Translation

They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness— a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?’

Cross References

2 Kings 2:14

He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried out, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” Then the river divided, and Elisha went across.

Job 3:5

Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it.

Job 35:10

Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?

Psalm 23:4

Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

Psalm 77:5

I think of the good old days, long since ended,

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.

Isaiah 64:7

Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says: “I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who taught my word ignored me, the rulers turned against me, and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, wasting their time on worthless idols.

Jeremiah 5:12

“They have lied about the Lord and said, ‘He won’t bother us! No disasters will come upon us. There will be no war or famine.

Jeremiah 5:2

But even when they are under oath, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ they are still telling lies!”

Jeremiah 51:43

Her cities now lie in ruins; she is a dry wasteland where no one lives or even passes by.

Hosea 12:13

Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.

Hosea 13:4

“I have been the Lord your God ever since I brought you out of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me, for there is no other savior.

Amos 2:10

It was I who rescued you from Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years, so you could possess the land of the Amorites.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.”

Deuteronomy 1:19

“Then, just as the Lord our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.

Judges 6:13

“Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”