Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, ¹  and you will ask yourselves, ²  “Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?” ³ 

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? ¹  Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria ²  from my power? ³ 

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

“As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? ¹  Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria ²  from my power? ³ 

His people remembered the ancient times. ¹  Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of ²  his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them, ³ 

Then they asked him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied, “There, ¹  in the tent.”

a hidden path ¹  no bird of prey knows – no falcon’s ²  eye has spotted it.

But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night, ¹ 

Where are your earlier faithful deeds, ¹  O Lord, ²  the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? ³ 

When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

The sons of Shobal: Alyan, ¹  Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, ²  and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

he wanders about – food for vultures; ¹  he knows that the day of darkness is at hand. ² 

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, ¹  and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’ ² 

My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, ¹  as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” ² 

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations! ¹ 

Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the kings of Lair, ¹  Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

Then I said, ¹  “Look up, Jerusalem, ²  and see the enemy ³  that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? ⁴  Where now are the ‘sheep’ that you take such pride in? ⁵ 

Listen to what they are saying to me. ¹  They are saying, “Where are the things the Lord threatens us with? Come on! Let’s see them happen!” ² 

When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”