Abandonment

God is abandoned

God’s people deliberately abandon him

Jeremiah 2:13 NASB95

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.

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

God’s people abandon his law

Jeremiah 9:12–14 NASB95

Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? The Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”

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

God’s people abandon his covenant

Deuteronomy 29:25 NASB95

“Then men will say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

See also Je 22:9; Je 31:32; 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 NASB95

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

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

God abandons those who forsake him

2 Chronicles 24:20 NASB95

Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus God has said, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.’ ”

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

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 NASB95

“For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you.

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

Those who feel abandoned by God

God’s people

Lamentations 5:20 NASB95

Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?

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

Their prayers

Psalm 38:21–22 NASB95

Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

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

Jesus Christ’s feelings of abandonment

Matthew 27:46 NASB95

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

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

God promises never to abandon his people

Deuteronomy 31:8 NASB95

“The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

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

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