2Sa 22:42-43, Job 35:12-13, Pro 1:28, Isa 1:15, 59:1-2, Jer 11:11 | ESV | STEP | They looked , but there was none to save ; they cried to the Lord , but he did not answer them.

2 Samuel 22:42-43

42 They looked, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but ^ahe did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine ^bas the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down ^clike the mire of the streets.

Job 35:12-13

12 There they ^dcry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty regard it.

Proverbs 1:28

28 ^eThen they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Isaiah 1:15

15 When you ^fspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^geven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^hyour hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 59:1-2

Evil and Oppression

1 Behold, ⁱthe Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 ^jbut your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.

Jeremiah 11:11

11 Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. ^kThough they cry to me, I will not listen to them.