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And
ye returned, and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh would not
hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you" (Deut.
1:45).
"They
looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but
He answered them not" (2 Sam. 22:42;
Ps. 18:41).
"Therefore,
thus saith Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which
they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry
unto Me, I will not hearken unto them" (Jer. 11:11; See
Jer. 15:1).
"They shall go with their flocks and with their herds
to seek Yahweh; but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn
Himself from them" (Hos. 5:6).
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Complaints
of Not Being Heard
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I
cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not hear me; I stand up, and
Thou regardest me not" (Job 30:20).
"0 God, why hast Thou cast us off forever? why doth Thine
anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture?" (Ps. 74:1).
"0 Lord God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against
the prayer of Thy people?" (Ps. 80:4).
"How long, Yahweh? wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? shall
Thy wrath burn like fire?" (Ps. 89:46).
"Also when I cry and shout, He shutteth out My prayer"
(Lam. 3:8).
"Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, that our prayers
should not pass through" (Lam. 3:44).
"O Lord, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear!
Even cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save!"
(Hab. 1:2).
I
pray Thee, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan .....
But Yahweh was wrath with me for your sakes, and would not
hear me: and Yahweh said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak
no more unto Me of this matter (Deut. 3:25-26).
"Ye
have forsaken Me, and served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more" (Judges 10:11-13).
"There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the
pride of evil men" (Job 35:12).
"Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty
regard it" (Job 25:13).
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, Yahweh will not hear
me" (Ps. 66:18).
"Because
I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out My hand,
and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all My counsel,
and would none of My reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh. When your fear cometh as
desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when
distress and anguish cometh upon you; then shall they call
upon Me, but I will not answer; they shall seek Me early,
but they shall not find Me" (Prov. 1:24-28).
"And
when ye spread forth your hands I will hide Mine eyes from
you; yea, when ye make many prayers I will not hear; your
hands are full of blood" (Isa. 1:15).
"Your iniquities have separated between you and your
God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will
not hear" (Isa. 59:2).
"Then
shall they cry unto the Lord, but He will not hear them; He
will even hide His face from them at that time, as they have
behaved themselves ill in their doings" (Micah 3:4).
"Therefore it is come to pass, that, as He cried, and
they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear,
saith the Lord of hosts" (Zech. 7:13).
"Now
we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a
worshipper of God, and doeth His will, him he heareth"
(John 9:31).
"For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might
depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient
for thee; for My strength is made perfect in weakness"
(2 Cor. 12:8-9).
"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that
ye may consume it upon your lusts" (James 4:3)
Thou
castest off fear, and restrainest I prayer before God"
(Job 15:4). "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts"
(Ps. 10:4).
"Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up
My people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God"
(Ps. 53:4).
"But thou hast not called upon Me, 0 Jacob; but thou
hast been weary of Me, O Israel" (Isa. 43:22).
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