Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Bible References
Why is
Deuteronomy 29:24
And all the nations will say, '{Why} has Yahweh done {such a thing} to this land? What [caused] the fierceness of this great anger?'
Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, "Ah, my Lord! Why did you bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content and stayed beyond the Jordan.
Psalm 74:1
Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Psalm 80:12
Why have you broken down its walls, so that all [who] pass on [the] road pluck [fruit from] it?
Proverbs 19:3
As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.
Isaiah 63:17
Why do you make us wander, Yahweh? You harden our heart from your ways {so that we do not fear} you. Turn back for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.
Jeremiah 12:1
You [will be] in the right, Yahweh, when I complain to you. Even so, let me speak [my] claims with you. Why does [the] way of [the] wicked succeed? All those who deal treacherously with treachery are at ease.