2 Kings 6:33

33And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! aWhy should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

Isaiah 57:10

10You were wearied with the length of your way,
bbut you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
you found new life for your strength,
and so you were not faint.
Hebrew  and so you were not sick

Jeremiah 2:25

25Keep dyour feet from going unshod
and eyour throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is hopeless,
ffor I have loved foreigners,
and after them I will go.’

Ezekiel 37:11

11Then he said to me, gSon of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and hour hope is lost; iwe are indeed cut off.’
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