Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielTheir sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms
PoetryFor I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahJavan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBeware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Deuteronomy
LawHear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Amos
Minor ProphetsFoursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis
LawThere they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHow amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms
PoetryAnd they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahFrom the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMan did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Matthew
GospelsFor thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Job
WisdomAnd having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesOut of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Judges
HistoryAs the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
John
GospelsHe saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.