He took the mantle Elijah had dropped, and he struck the water. ‘Where is the Lord God of Elijah? ’ he asked. He struck the water himself, and it parted to the right and the left, and Elisha crossed over.
Jeremiah 2:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They stopped asking, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, through a land of drought and darkness, a land no one travelled through and where no one lived? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nor did they say, Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death and deep darkness, through a land that no man passes through and where no man dwells? American Standard Version (1901) Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt? Common English Bible They didn’t ask, “Where’s the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, in a land of deserts and ravines, in a land of drought and darkness, in a land of no return, where no one survives?” Catholic Public Domain Version And they have not said: 'Where is the Lord, who caused us to ascend from the land of Egypt; who led us through the desert, through an uninhabited and impassable land, through a land of drought and of the image of death, through a land in which no one walked and in which no man lived?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they have not said: Where is the Lord that made us come up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the desert, through a land uninhabited and unpassable, through a land of drought, and the image of death, through a land wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt? |
He took the mantle Elijah had dropped, and he struck the water. ‘Where is the Lord God of Elijah? ’ he asked. He struck the water himself, and it parted to the right and the left, and Elisha crossed over.
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May what darkens the day terrify it.
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who provides us with songs in the night,
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
In all their suffering, he suffered, , and the angel of his presence saved them. He redeemed them because of his love and compassion; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of the past.
No one calls on your name, striving to take hold of you. For you have hidden your face from us and made us melt because of , our iniquity.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but he brings darkest gloom and makes total darkness.
‘Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride – how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
The priests stopped asking, ‘Where is the Lord? ’ The experts in the law no longer knew me, and the rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
They have contradicted the Lord and insisted, ‘It won’t happen. , Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.’
Her cities have become a desolation, an arid desert, a land where no one lives, where no human being even passes through.
The Lord brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, and Israel was tended by a prophet.
I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and no Saviour exists besides me.
And I brought you from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness in order to possess the land of the Amorite.
The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned. ,,
‘We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
He found him in a desolate land, in a barren, howling wilderness; he surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the pupil of his eye.
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
Gideon said to him, ‘Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about? They said, “Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt? ” But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.’