Lamentations 3:39

Tree of Life Version

Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

Cross References

2 Kings 3:13

But Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother!” “No!” the king of Israel said to him, “For has Adonai brought these three kings together only to deliver them into the hand of Moab?”

2 Kings 6:32

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king had sent a messenger ahead, yet even before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see, this son of a murderer was sent to take away my head! Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

2 Kings 6:33

While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. So the king said, “Look! This evil is from Adonai—why should I wait for Adonai any longer?”

Ezra 9:13

“After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt—for You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and given us a remnant such as this—

Job 11:6

and show you the secrets of wisdom— for sound wisdom has two sides. Know that God has forgotten some of your iniquity.

Job 15:13

so that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?

Psalm 107:17

Some became fools because of their rebellious ways, and were afflicted due to their iniquities.

Proverbs 19:3

A man’s folly undermines his way, and his heart rages against Adonai.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted. They lie at every street corner, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Adonai’s fury, the rebuke of your God.

Jeremiah 10:19

Oy to me because of my brokenness! My wound is incurable. Yet I said, “This is simply a sickness and I must bear it.”

Jeremiah 30:15

Why cry about your fracture? Your pain has no cure. Because your iniquity is vast, your sins innumerable, I did these things to you.

Lamentations 3:22

Because of the mercies of Adonai we will not be consumed, for His compassions never fail.

Leviticus 26:41

—in return I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if at that time their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled, so that they accept the punishment for their iniquity,

Leviticus 26:43

But the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its Shabbatot while it lies desolate without them, and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of Adonai, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I will behold His righteousness.

Numbers 11:11

So Moses asked Adonai, “Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Haven’t I found favor in Your eyes—that You laid the burden of all these people on me?

Numbers 16:41

The next day, the entire community of Bnei-Yisrael grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You killed Adonai’s people!”

Numbers 17:12

But Bnei-Yisrael said to Moses saying, “Look! We will die! We are all lost! We are lost!

Revelation 16:9

People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.