while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,(A) sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;(B) I am no better than my ancestors.”

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Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.(A)

All at once an angel(B) touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

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In the brush they gathered salt herbs,(A)
    and their food[a] was the root of the broom bush.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:4 Or fuel

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(A)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

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