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Psalms 60:1-2
You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
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Isaiah 64:9
Don’t be so angry with us, Lord. Please don’t remember our sins forever. Look at us, we pray, and see that we are all your people.
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Jeremiah 15:1-5
Then the Lord said to me,“ Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!And if they say to you,‘ But where can we go?’ tell them,‘ This is what the Lord says:“‘ Those who are destined for death, to death; those who are destined for war, to war; those who are destined for famine, to famine; those who are destined for captivity, to captivity.’“ I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the Lord.“ I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.Because of the wicked things Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.“ Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will weep for you? Who will even bother to ask how you are?
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Hosea 1:6
Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea,“ Name your daughter Lo ruhamah—‘ Not loved’— for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them.
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Psalms 44:9
But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle.
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Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me,“ Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying,‘ We have become old, dry bones— all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’