Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Wherefore
Bible References
Wherefore
Jeremiah 2:35
you say, 'I have not done anything wrong, so the Lord cannot really be angry with me any more.' But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not committed any sin.'
Jeremiah 13:22
You will probably ask yourself, 'Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?' It is because you have sinned so much.
Jeremiah 16:10
"When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you, 'Why has the Lord threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the Lord our God?'
Jeremiah 22:8
"'People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, "Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?"
Deuteronomy 29:24
Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"
1 Kings 9:8
This temple will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, saying, 'Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?'
2 Chronicles 7:21
As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, 'Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?'
Like as
Jeremiah 2:13
"Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."
Deuteronomy 4:25
After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him,
Deuteronomy 28:47
"Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,
Lamentations 5:8
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.