we have been in

Isaiah 37:3
to tell him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

2 Kings 19:3
to tell him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for the children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Hosea 13:13
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time has arrived, he does not present himself at the opening of the womb.

we have not

Exodus 5:22, 23
So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, "Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me? . . .

Joshua 7:7-9
"O, Lord GOD, " Joshua said, "why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! . . .

1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul ordered, "No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel."

1 Samuel 14:45
But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die--he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God's help he has accomplished this today." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

the inhabitants

Psalm 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their bellies with Your treasure and satisfy their sons; so they leave their abundance to their children.

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.