2 Chronicles 12:8
Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations."
Deuteronomy 28:47-48
"Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,
Isaiah 26:13
O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.
Judges 3:1
These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel -- he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.
Nehemiah 9:36
"So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things -- we are slaves!
Jeremiah 10:24
Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.
Hosea 8:10
Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.