12 Bible Verses about God Far Away
Most Relevant Verses
Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far off? [Why] do you hide during times of distress?
My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?
And he said to me, "Son of man, "{Do you see} what they [are] doing--great detestable things that the house of Israel [is] committing here [so as] to drive [me] from my sanctuary, and yet {you will see again} greater detestable things."
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes [as he] was in torment [and] saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus {at his side}.
Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.
From afar Yahweh appeared to me, [saying], "I have loved you [with] an everlasting love. {Therefore} I have drawn you [with] loyal love.
