You will probably ask yourself, ¹  ‘Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ ²  It is because you have sinned so much. ³ 

Jerusalem, why are you ¹  now shouting so loudly? ²  Has your king disappeared? ³  Has your wise leader ⁴  been destroyed? Is this why ⁵  pain grips ⁶  you as if you were a woman in labor?

You are too just ¹  to tolerate ²  evil; you are unable to condone ³  wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? ⁴  Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour ⁵  those more righteous than they are? ⁶ 

What good ¹  is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? ²  What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? ³  Why would its creator place his trust in it ⁴  and make ⁵  such mute, worthless things?

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, ¹  why are you amazed at this? Why ²  do you stare at us as if we had made this man ³  walk by our own power or piety?

But you who eat vegetables only – why do you judge your brother or sister? ¹  And you who eat everything – why do you despise your brother or sister? ²  For we will all stand before the judgment seat ³  of God.

That is why the well was called ¹  Beer Lahai Roi. ²  (It is located ³  between Kadesh and Bered.)

That is why he named that place ¹  Beer Sheba, ²  because the two of them swore ³  an oath there.

Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me? You hate me ¹  and sent me away from you.”

So he named it Shibah; ¹  that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba ²  to this day.

Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ¹  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

When Jacob heard ¹  there was grain in Egypt, he ²  said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?” ³ 

Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble ¹  on me by telling ²  the man you had one more brother?”

So when they came home ¹  to their father Reuel, ²  he asked, “Why have you come home so early ³  today?”

So Moses thought, ¹  “I will turn aside to see ²  this amazing ³  sight. Why does the bush not burn up?” ⁴ 

¹ The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating ²  your servants this way?

But Pharaoh replied, ¹  “You are slackers! Slackers! ²  That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’

But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, ¹  why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. ¹ 

But Moses said, “Why ¹  are you now transgressing the commandment ²  of the Lord? It will not succeed!