Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonEven by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Genesis
LawJetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
Psalms
PoetryBut I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
John
GospelsSo Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Judges
HistoryAnd the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel
HistoryThou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Matthew
GospelsThis title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
John
Gospels / JohnThe slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBe not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Hebrews
General EpistlesLet mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryBefore the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.