Abandonment

God is abandoned

God’s people deliberately abandon him

Jeremiah 2:13

See also Je 17:13; Dt 32:15; 2 Ch 13:11; Jdg 2:12; 1 Ki 9:9; Is 1:4

God’s people abandon his law

Jeremiah 9:12–14

See also Heb 10:28; 1 Ki 18:18; 2 Ch 12:1; Ps 89:30; Ps 119:53; Pr 4:2; Pr 4:6

God’s people abandon his covenant

Deuteronomy 29:25

See also Je 31:32; Je 22:9; Da 11:30

God’s people abandon his temple

2 Ch 24:18; 2 Ch 29:6

Those who abandon the gospel

1 Timothy 4:1

See also Heb 10:29; Heb 10:26; Re 2:4

God abandons those who forsake him

2 Chronicles 24:20

See also Dt 32:30; Nu 32:15 Moses warns the Transjordan tribes; Dt 31:17 Israel’s rebellion predicted

The Lord abandoned Saul:

1 Sa 18:12; 1 Sa 28:15

1 Ki 9:7; 1 Ch 28:9; Ne 9:28; Is 2:6; Je 12:7; La 2:7

God shows mercy to those who have been justly abandoned

Isaiah 54:7

See also Ne 9:28; Ne 9:31; Ne 9:19; Je 51:5

Those who feel abandoned by God

God’s people

Lamentations 5:20

See also Ps 43:2; Ps 22:1; Ps 74:1; Ps 71:11; Ps 89:38

Their prayers

Psalm 38:21–22

See also Ps 71:18; Je 14:9; Ps 71:9; 1 Ki 8:57; Ps 27:9; Ps 119:8

Jesus Christ’s feelings of abandonment

Matthew 27:46

See also Ps 22:1; Ps 16:10; Ac 2:27

God promises never to abandon his people

Deuteronomy 31:8

See also 1 Sa 12:22; Ps 37:28; Mt 28:20; Heb 13:5; Dt 31:6; Ps 37:25; Dt 4:31; Le 26:44; Ps 94:14; Is 49:14–16; 2 Co 4:9

Examples of people who were abandoned

Ge 16:7–8 Hagar; 1 Sa 30:13 a slave; Is 49:15 a newborn baby; Eze 16:3–6 Jerusalem; Ac 14:19 Paul