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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?
How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
LORD, how long will you just watch? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from these young lions.
How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?
How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?
"How long, LORD, must I cry out for help, but you won't listen? I'm crying out to you, "Violence!' but you aren't providing deliverance.
And the angel of the LORD replied, "LORD of the Heavenly Armies, how long will it be until you show mercy to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom you have been angry for these past seventy years?"
Seventy » The jews in captivity in babylon for seventy years
And the angel of the LORD replied, "LORD of the Heavenly Armies, how long will it be until you show mercy to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom you have been angry for these past seventy years?"
"For this is what the LORD says: "When Babylon's seventy years are completed, I'll take note of you and will fulfill my good promises to you by bringing you back to this place.
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, noted in the Scripture the total years that were assigned by the message from the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem: 70 years.
"Talk to everyone in the land, as well as to the priests. Ask them, "When you were fasting and mourning during the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, were you really fasting for me?
This entire land will be a desolation and a waste, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. "Then when the seventy years have passed, I'll judge the king of Babylon and that nation, declares the LORD, I'll judge the land of the Chaldeans for their iniquity and I'll make it a desolation forever.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?
How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
LORD, how long will you just watch? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from these young lions.
How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?
How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?
"How long, LORD, must I cry out for help, but you won't listen? I'm crying out to you, "Violence!' but you aren't providing deliverance.
And the angel of the LORD replied, "LORD of the Heavenly Armies, how long will it be until you show mercy to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom you have been angry for these past seventy years?"