Disaster!
(John MacDuff,
"A Book for the Bereaved")
"Does disaster
come to a city, unless
the Lord has done it?" Amos 3:6
"Does disaster come to a city," to the
cottage,
to the palace--is there disaster which blights
some unknown poor man's dwelling--is there
disaster which clothes a nation in mourning,
"unless the Lord has done it?"
"I create both light and darkness; I make both
blessing and disaster. I, the Lord, do all
these
things." Isaiah 45:7
"This is what the Lord says: As I brought all
these disasters on these people." Jer.
32:42
"Therefore the Lord has brought all this
disaster on them." 1 Kings 9:9
"Behold, I will bring disaster upon you.
I will utterly burn you up." 1 Kings 21:21
"Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:
Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah
such disaster that the ears of everyone who
hears of it will tingle!" 2 Kings 21:12
"Thus says the Lord, behold, I will bring
disaster upon
this place and upon its inhabitants." 2 Chronicles 34:24
"Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster
upon this people." Jeremiah 6:19