Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
And You, Lord—how long?
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
Seventy » The jews in captivity in babylon for seventy years
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
For this is what the Lord says: “When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to restore you to this place.
In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet that the number of years for the desolation of Jerusalem would be 70.
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years. When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation'-[this is] the Lord's declaration-'the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
And You, Lord—how long?
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”