Isaiah 38:10
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10 I said: In the noontide of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.(A)
2 Corinthians 1:9
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9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
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Psalm 102:24
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24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away
at the midpoint of my life,
you whose years endure
throughout all generations.”(A)
Psalm 107:18
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18 they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.(A)
Job 7:7
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7 “Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.(A)
Isaiah 38:1
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Hezekiah’s Illness
38 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.”(A)
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Job 17:11-16
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11 My days are past; my plans are broken off,
the desires of my heart.(A)
12 They make night into day;
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]
13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in darkness,(B)
14 if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’(C)
15 where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?(D)
16 Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?”(E)
Footnotes
- 17.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 6:11
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11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?(A)
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