DESPONDENCY

DESPONDENCY. → General scriptures concerning Nu 17:12,13; De 28:65-67; Job 3:1-26; 17:13-16; Ps 31:22; 77:7-9; Pr 13:12; Isa 2:19; Jer 2:25; 8:20; 18:12; La 3:1-21; 5:22; Ho 10:8; Jon 2:2-4; Mic 7:1-7; Mt 24:30; Lu 13:27,28; 23:29,30; Re 6:14-17; 9:5,6 → See AFFLICTION → See RESIGNATION → See SORROW → See SUFFERING → INSTANCES OF
* Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder of Abel Ge 4:13,14
* Hagar, when cast out of the household of Abraham on account of the jealousy of Sarah Ge 21:15,16
* Moses

When sent on his mission to the Israelites Ex 4:1,10,13; 6:12 At the Red Sea Ex 14:15 When the people craved for meat Nu 11:15
* The Israelites, on account of the cruel oppressions of the Egyptians Ex 6:9
* Elijah, when he fled from Jezebel to the wilderness and sat under the juniper tree, and wanted to die 1Ki 19:4
* Jonah after he had preached to the Ninevites Jon 4:3,8
* The sailors with Paul Ac 27:20
* Job, see the above extracts from the Book of Job
* Jeremiah, see the above extracts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah

→ COMFORT IN Isa 35:3,4; Lu 18:1-8; Heb 12:12,13
* See AFFLICTION, CONSOLATION IN
* See RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO

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despondency. Despondency, n. despair, hopelessness, lowness

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De‐spond″en‐cy (?), n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay.