However, Elisha said to King Joram of Israel, ‘What do we have in common? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother! ’ But the king of Israel replied, ‘No, because it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to hand them over to Moab.’
Lamentations 3:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore doth a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why does a living man sigh [one who is still in this life's school of discipline]? [And why does] a man complain for the punishment of his sins? American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Common English Bible Why then does any living person complain; why should anyone complain about their sins? Catholic Public Domain Version MEM. Why has a living man murmured, a man suffering for his sins? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins? |
However, Elisha said to King Joram of Israel, ‘What do we have in common? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother! ’ But the king of Israel replied, ‘No, because it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to hand them over to Moab.’
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, ‘Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him? ’
While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, ‘This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer? ’
After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt #– #though you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have allowed us to survive , #– #
He would show you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.
as you turn your anger against God and allow such words to leave your mouth?
A person’s own foolishness leads him astray, yet his heart rages against the Lord.
Your children have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net. They are full of the Lord’s fury, the rebuke of your God.
Woe to me because of my brokenness – I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, ‘This is my intense suffering, but I must bear it.’
Why do you cry out about your injury? Your pain has no cure! I have done these things to you because of your enormous guilt and your innumerable sins.
Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end.
and I acted with hostility towards them and brought them into the land of their enemies #– #and when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they make amends for their iniquity, because they rejected my ordinances and abhorred my statutes.
Because I have sinned against him, I must endure the Lord’s fury until he champions my cause and establishes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see his salvation. ,
So Moses asked the Lord, ‘Why have you brought such trouble on your servant? Why are you angry with me, and why do you burden me with all these people?
The next day the entire Israelite community complained about Moses and Aaron, saying, ‘You have killed the Lord’s people! ’
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, ‘Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost!
and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.