19 Bijbelverzen over verlatenheid

The Bible speaks about abandonment in two ways. People who feel left by God tell him so (Psalm 22:1, Psalm 13:1, Psalm 88:18), and God repeats one promise: “he will never leave you nor forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6, Hebrews 13:5). Isaiah 49:15-16 answers Zion’s complaint, “The Lord has forsaken me,” with a mother who might forget her baby. People desert one another as well: the psalmist’s friend who shared his bread (Psalm 41:9), everyone who might have stood with Paul…