Jeremiah 5:19
"And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours."
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- 1 Kings 9:8
"And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 28:47
"Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 22:8
"And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 16:13
"Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 13:22
"And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 16:10
"And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 29:24
"Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?"
Read in chapter → - Lamentations 5:8
"Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 2:13
"For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water."
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 7:21
"And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?"
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